The use of focused cardiac ultrasound to screen for occult heart disease in asymptomatic cats.
Kerry A LoughranJohn E RushElizabeth A RozanskiMark A OyamaÉva Larouche-LebelMarc S KrausPublished 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.