Early detection of myocardial dysfunction using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in a young cat with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Ryohei SuzukiYohei MochizukiHiroki YoshimatsuAyaka NiinaTakahiro TeshimaHirotaka MatsumotoHidekazu KoyamaPublished in: JFMS open reports (2018)
This is the first report on the use of two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography for the early detection of myocardial dysfunction in a cat with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; the myocardial dysfunction was detected before the development of hypertrophy. The findings from this case suggest that two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography can be useful for myocardial assessment when conventional echocardiographic and Doppler findings are ambiguous.