Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Small Animal Review
- Journal:
- Companion Animal
- Year:
- 2020
- Authors:
- Tennant, Bryn
- Affiliation:
- Capital Diagnostics, SAC Veterinary Services, Allan Watt Building, Bush Estate, Penicuik EH260QE, UK. bryn. · United Kingdom
- Species:
- cat
Abstract
Summary: In feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy the increase in myocardial thickness and cardiac weight in some cases is due to diffuse expansion of the interstitium by granulation tissue as a consequence of cardiomyocyte degeneration, probably associated with infarcts, and is not necessarily the result of true myocardial hypertrophy.
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Search related cases →Original publication: https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2020.0043