TY - JOUR AU - Nokthong, Natthakritta AU - Pongsawat, Pornsawan AU - Leurdthainarong, Phattareeporn AU - Sritrirasri, Sermsakul AU - Disatian Surachetpong, Sirilak PY - 2020/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A study of factors associated with arterial thromboembolism in cats affected with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Thailand JF - The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine JA - TJVM VL - 50 IS - 2 SE - Original Articles DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjvm/article/view/244069 SP - 179-184 AB - <p><span class="fontstyle0">Feline arterial thromboembolism (ATE) is an acute condition that is usually associated with cardiomyopathy in cats.<br>To date, there has been no report of factors associated with ATE in cats affected with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy<br>(HCM) in Thailand. The purpose of this study was to find factors related to ATE in cats with HCM. A retrospective<br>study was performed in 70 cats with HCM dividing them into two groups (26 ATE and 44 non-ATE groups) to analyze<br>factors relating to ATE including sex, breed, age, weight, heart sounds, radiographic findings, echocardiographic<br>findings and the environmental temperature. The result of univariable logistic regression analysis revealed that the<br>factors significantly related to ATE in HCM cats were age, the presence of spontaneous contrast, percentage fractional<br>shortening (FS), left atrial to aorta ratio (LA/Ao) and the environmental temperature. Multivariable logistic regression<br>presented that age (OR: 7.503; 95%CI: 1.310-42.969; p = 0.024), the presence of spontaneous contrast (OR: 30.855; 95%CI:<br>4.298-221.487; p = 0.001), and the environmental temperature (OR: 1.616; 95%CI: 1.080-2.417; p = 0.019) were the factors<br>related to ATE in HCM cats. The result of this study is valuable for the risk assessment of ATE in HCM cats.</span> </p> ER -