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Comparison Between Conventional And Applied Vertebral Heart Score (Vhs) Methods To Evaluate Heart Size In Healthy Thai Domestic Shorthair Cats, Jetsada Rungpupradit, Somchin Sutthigran
Comparison Between Conventional And Applied Vertebral Heart Score (Vhs) Methods To Evaluate Heart Size In Healthy Thai Domestic Shorthair Cats, Jetsada Rungpupradit, Somchin Sutthigran
The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine
Thoracic radiography is the most common first modality for heart size evaluation and confirming cardiogenic pulmonary edema in cats with suspected heart diseases. The Vertebral Heart Score (VHS) was established as an objective methodfor diagnosing cardiomegaly via thoracic radiography. However, the conventional VHS method is inappropriate for cats with abnormal thoracic vertebrae.Therefore, the applied VHSmethod, which uses the lateral view axis sum divided with the length of each thoracic vertebra (T4, T5 and T6) was created to minimize the limitation of VHS in these cases. This study compared the conventional and the applied VHS methods in healthy Thai domestic shorthair …
Effects Of Systemic Administrations Of Medetomidine And Xylazine On Ex Vivo Platelet Aggregation In Clinically Normal Cats, Takuya Matsukawa, Yoshiaki Hikasa
Effects Of Systemic Administrations Of Medetomidine And Xylazine On Ex Vivo Platelet Aggregation In Clinically Normal Cats, Takuya Matsukawa, Yoshiaki Hikasa
The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine
This study aimed to investigate and compare the effects of systemic administration of medetomidine and xylazine on ex vivo platelet aggregation inclinically normal cats.Five cats were repeatedly used in each of 7groups.The cats received saline as the non-medicated control; 0.5, 2.0, and 4.0 mg/kg xylazine; and 20, 80, and 160 μg/kg BW medetomidine intramuscularly.Venous blood was collected 4 times (0, 2, 4, and 7 h) after injection of both agents and platelet-rich plasma was prepared. Ex vivo percent platelet aggregationwas determined via a turbidimetric method. Collagen and adenosine diphosphate (ADP) were used to initiate aggregation. Administrations of xylazine at all …
A Study Of Factors Associated With Arterial Thromboembolism In Cats Affected With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy In Thailand, Natthakritta Nokthong, Pornsawan Pongsawat, Phattareeporn Leurdthainarong, Sermsakul Sritrirasri, Sirilak Disatian Surachetpong
A Study Of Factors Associated With Arterial Thromboembolism In Cats Affected With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy In Thailand, Natthakritta Nokthong, Pornsawan Pongsawat, Phattareeporn Leurdthainarong, Sermsakul Sritrirasri, Sirilak Disatian Surachetpong
The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine
Feline arterial thromboembolism (ATE) is an acute condition that is usually associated with cardiomyopathy in cats. To date, there has been no report of factors associated with ATE in cats affected with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in Thailand. The purpose of this study was to find factors related to ATE in cats with HCM. A retrospective study was performed in 70 cats with HCM dividing them into two groups (26 ATE and 44 non-ATE groups) to analyze factors relating to ATE including sex, breed, age, weight, heart sounds, radiographic findings, echocardiographic findings and the environmental temperature. The result of univariable logistic …