ArticleJournal of feline medicine and surgery2011
Is treatment of feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy based in science or faith? A survey of cardiologists and a literature search.
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- The genetic basis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in cats and humans.Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology · 2015Review
- Science, faith or something else?Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2011Article
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Abstract
practical relevanceFeline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common cardiac disease of cats. Treatment of HCM is usually directed at controlling signs of congestive heart failure (CHF), preventing occurrence or recurrence of systemic thromboembolism or delaying/preventing/reversing progression of subclinical disease. STUDY OBJECTIVE AND
designDespite the laudable goals of therapy, however, little objective evidence supporting therapeutic decisions has been published. We, therefore, hypothesized that cardiologists base their treatment strategies on information other than published clinically relevant science. To gain insight into therapeutic decisions that cardiologists and clinicians with an interest in cardiology (n=99) make for cats with HCM, and on what information they base these decisions, we presented participants with, and asked them to select therapy for, 12 hypothetical scenarios of HCM (± CHF). Responses and justifications for treatment choices were compiled and compared with the results of a comprehensive literature search for published information about treatment of feline HCM.
findingsEvaluation of the therapeutic strategies chosen for these hypothetical cases of HCM suggests that cardiologists or clinicians with a strong interest in cardiology often prescribe treatments knowing that little documented evidence supports their decisions.
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