Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with hind limb weakness had rare heart attack from artery
By Tsujino, Kumiko et al.·Published in The Journal of veterinary medical science·2005·Faculty of Agriculture, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Chronic myocardial infarction due to arteriosclerosis of coronary arteries followed by acute thromboembolism of caudal abdominal aorta in a cat.
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Plain-English summary
A 10-year-old cat was brought in for weakness in its back legs. Initially, the vet thought it had a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, but further tests revealed it actually had a chronic heart attack (myocardial infarction) caused by hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis). The cat's heart showed some thickening and narrowing, and there was significant damage to the heart muscle. This case is notable because heart attacks are very rare in cats.
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Abstract
A 10-year-old cat with the paresis of hind limbs was initially diagnosed as a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy followed by acute thromboembolism of caudal abdominal aorta from the findings of the medical examinations. However, this case was proved to be an chronic myocardial infarction due to arteriosclerosis of coronary arteries by the pathologic diagnosis. In the left ventricular, the hypertrophy and the narrowing were slight, and a coagulative infarction was seen obviously. The intramural coronary arteriosclerosis showed thickening of the wall due to medial hyperplasia by fibrosis, and arterial stenosis. Myocardial infarction and arteriosclerosis are scarcely any reports of these lesions in cats. This case is valuable for an extremely rare case of myocardial infarction in the cat.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15997196/