Population and survival characteristics of cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: 260 cases (1990-1999)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 202-207

  Rush, John E ^a,b   Freeman, Lisa M ^a,b   Fenollosa, Nathaniel K ^a,b   Brown, Donald J ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Angell Memorial Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0037079650     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.220.202     Document Type: Article

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