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Investigation into the use of plasma NT-proBNP concentration to screen for feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology - 1 May 2009
Hsu Adonia, Kittleson Mark D, Paling Anna
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the utility of feline NT-proBNP plasma concentration [NT-proBNP] as a screening tool for cats with subclinical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). ANIMALS, MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty adult Maine Coon or Maine Coon crossbred cats from the feline HCM research colony at the University of California, Davis were studied. All cats had previously been genotyped as heterozygous or negative for the...
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