Cats with diabetes mellitus have diastolic dysfunction in the absence of structural heart disease

Pereira, N J; Novo Matos, J; Baron Toaldo, Marco; Bartoszuk, U; Summerfield, N; Riederer, A; Reusch, Claudia E; Glaus, Toni M

doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2017.04.017

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Pereira, N. J., Novo Matos, J., Baron Toaldo, M., Bartoszuk, U., Summerfield, N., Riederer, A., Reusch, C. E., & Glaus, T. M. (2017). Cats with diabetes mellitus have diastolic dysfunction in the absence of structural heart disease. Veterinary Journal, 225, 50–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2017.04.017

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) can result in cardiovascular dysfunction and heart failure characterized by diastolic dysfunction with or without the presence of systolic dysfunction in people and laboratory animals. The objective of this prospective study was to determine if cats with newly diagnosed DM had myocardial dysfunction and, if present, whether it would progress if appropriate antidiabetic therapy was commenced. Thirty-two diabetic cats were enrolled and received baseline echocardiographic examination; of these, 15 cats were re-exam