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KMID : 1094020120290030242
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics
2012 Volume.29 No. 3 p.242 ~ p.246
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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy in a Korean Domestic Short-haired Cat
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Nam Hyo-Seung
Han Suk-Hee
Choi Ran
Lee Seung-Gon
Hyun Chang-Baig
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Abstract
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A 3-year-old castrated male Korean domestic short-haired cat (weighing 5.2 kg) was referred to the Kangwon National University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, with primary complaints of ascites, pleural effusion and respiratory distress. Diagnostic studies revealed marked chylous and hemorrhagic pleural effusion, cardiomegaly, restrictive filling pattern of transmitral flow and mitral annular tissue Doppler profiles and minimally thickened left ventricular free wall. Based on the echocardiographic findings, the case was tentatively diagnosed as restrictive cardiomyopathy. The case was treated with removal of pleural effusion and medical therapy including furosemide, enalapril, sildenafil, clopidogrel. This is the first case report of restrictive cardiomyopathy in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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restrictive cardiomyopathy, RCM, pleural effusion, cat
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