The use of focused cardiac ultrasound to screen for occult heart disease in asymptomatic cats.

Kerry A LoughranJohn E Rush Elizabeth A Rozanski Mark A OyamaÉva Larouche-LebelMarc S Kraus

Published in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2019)

Focused cardiac ultrasound performed by NSPs increased the detection of occult heart disease, especially in cats with moderate to marked disease. Focused cardiac ultrasound appears to be a feasible and useful tool to assist NSPs in the detection of heart disease in cats.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
pulmonary hypertension
left ventricular
loop mediated isothermal amplification
ultrasound guided
label free
heart failure
real time pcr
high throughput
computed tomography
high intensity