Point-of-care N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide assay to screen apparently healthy cats for cardiac disease in general practice.

Ta-Li Lu Etienne CôtéYu-Wen KuoHao-Han WuWen-Yen WangYong-Wei Hung

Published in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2021)

In apparently healthy cats in GPs, positive POC NT-proBNP results are associated with heart disease, warranting an echocardiogram, but negative results do not reliably exclude heart disease. These results suggest POC NT-proBNP is not an effective screening test for apparently healthy cats in GPs, although its performance is improved if it is used only in cats that have a heart murmur.

Keyphrases

general practice
high throughput
pulmonary hypertension
primary care
heart failure
left ventricular
single cell