| 英文描述 | The syndromes feline endomyocarditis (EMC) and feline left ventricular endocardial fibrosis (LVEF) might represent temporally different maifestations of a single disease entity, with LVEF representing one sequela of EMC (Stalis et al.). In feline endomyocarditis necropsy findings include an enlarged heart, left ventricular subendocardial hemorrhage, and white-gray fibrinous material covering the left ventricular endocardium. Cats with left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis (also known as restrictive cardiomyopathy) have enlarged hearts, dilated left atria, severe thickening of the endocardium (most commonly in the left ventricle) and aortic thromboemboli. Cats with EMC tend to be younger than cats with LVEF. A familial form of EMC has been reported in cats, in which there is sudden death at a very young age. Diagnosis by ultrasonography and by histology of the endocardium. |
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