ReviewJournal of feline medicine and surgery2012
Arterial thromboembolism: risks, realities and a rational first-line approach.
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- Assessment of platelet function in healthy cats in response to commonly prescribed antiplatelet drugs using three point-of-care platelet function tests.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2017Trial
- Enterococcus faecalis-associated infective aortic endocarditis as a cause of arterial thromboembolism in a cat.Veterinary research communications · 2026Article
- Comparison of N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Between Cats with Cardiogenic Arterial Thromboembolism and Cats with Occult Cardiomyopathy Without Arterial Thromboembolism.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Multicentre aortic thromboembolism thrombolysis evaluation in a retrospective study of 183 cats: the MATTERS study.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Use of pimobendan in cats: a practical evidence-based review.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2025Review
- Evaluation of neutrophil:lymphocyte and platelet:neutrophil ratios and their prognostic utility in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and cardiogenic arterial thromboembolism.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Clinical-Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances in Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
- P2YInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Surgical treatment and outcomes in feline aortic thromboembolism: a retrospective study of 13 cats.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Linking clinical and imaging diagnostic assessments of the feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy phenotype.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- A novel technique to characterize procoagulant platelet formation and evaluate platelet procoagulant tendency in cats by flow cytometry.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Utilization of peripheral glucose and lactate differences in the diagnosis of feline arterial thromboembolism: a multi-center study.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Investigation of Platelet Function Analyzer 200 platelet function measurements in healthy cats and cats receiving clopidogrel.Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2023Article
- Validation of Plateletworks ADP for the ProCyte Dx analyzer.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2023Article
- Assessment of left atrial myocardial deformation using two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in cats with cardiogenic and non-cardiogenic arterial thromboembolism.International journal of veterinary science and medicine · 2023Article
- Ultrasonographic findings of feline aortic thromboembolism.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2022Article
- Neutrophil extracellular traps in feline cardiogenic arterial thrombi: a pilot study.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2022Article
- Dual therapy with clopidogrel and rivaroxaban in cats with thromboembolic disease.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2022Article
- The Feline Cardiomyopathies: 1. General concepts.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2021Article
- Increased insulin-like growth factor 1 concentrations in a retrospective population of non-diabetic cats diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
practical relevanceFeline arterial thromboembolism (ATE) is a common but devastating complication of myocardial disease, often necessitating euthanasia. A combination of endothelial dysfunction and blood stasis in the left atrium leads to local platelet activation and thrombus formation. Embolisation of the thrombus results in severe ischaemia of the affected vascular bed. With the classic 'saddle thrombus' presentation of thrombus in the terminal aorta, the diagnosis can usually be made by physical examination. The prognosis is poor for cats with multiple limbs affected by severe ischaemia, but much better where only one limb is affected or motor function is present. PATIENT GROUP: Cats with left atrial enlargement secondary to cardiomyopathy are typically predisposed, although cats with hyperthyroidism, pulmonary neoplasia and supravalvular mitral stenosis may also be at risk. MANAGEMENT: Analgesia is the main priority, and severe pain should be managed with methadone or a fentanyl constant rate infusion. Congestive heart failure (CHF) requires treatment with furosemide, but tachypnoea due to pain can mimic signs of CHF. Thrombolytic therapy is not recommended, but antithrombotic treatment should be started as soon as possible. Aspirin and clopidogrel are well tolerated. EVIDENCE BASE: Several observational studies of ATE have been reported. No randomised, blinded, controlled studies have been reported in cats at risk, for either treatment or prevention of ATE, although such a study comparing aspirin and clopidogrel in cats is currently under way.
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