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Reversible pulmonary hypertension in a cat
Author(s) -
Baron Toaldo M.,
Guglielmini C.,
Diana A.,
Giunti M.,
Dondi F.,
Cipone M.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2011.01064.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary hypertension , right heart failure , cardiology , heart failure , doppler echocardiography , pleural effusion , respiratory distress , regurgitation (circulation) , radiology , diastole , blood pressure
A 13‐year‐old, neutered female domestic shorthair cat was presented for sudden respiratory distress following palliative radiotherapy and the combined administration of a single dose of carboplatin for the treatment of recurrent fibrosarcoma. Clinical and radiographic findings were suggestive of pleural effusion. Echocardiography revealed marked right‐sided cardiac enlargement associated with tricuspid regurgitation and Doppler evidence of pulmonary hypertension. After 25 days of treatment for congestive heart failure and suspected pulmonary thromboembolism, clinical signs and echocardiographic and Doppler evidence of right‐sided cardiac enlargement and pulmonary hypertension had completely resolved. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of reversible pulmonary hypertension, likely secondary to pulmonary thromboembolism, in a cat.