Sutton Blake, Long Mays Erin, McLaughlin Chris
Veterinary Specialty Services, St. Louis, MO, United States.
Department of Cardiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States.
Front Vet Sci. 2022 Apr 20;9:851106. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.851106. eCollection 2022.
Pulmonary thromboembolism is a potentially life threatening condition that is uncommonly recognized in cats. Thrombolytic agents have been described as a treatment for this condition in human and canine patients, particularly in cases where hemodynamic instability is persistent despite supportive care. This report describes the clinical course, echocardiographic diagnosis, and successful thrombolysis of a cat with pulmonary thromboembolism. Despite confirmed reperfusion, the cat succumbed to thromboembolic disease highlighting the dearth of knowledge about optimal treatment of this disease process in small animals, particularly in cats.
肺血栓栓塞是一种潜在的危及生命的疾病，在猫中并不常见。溶栓药物已被描述用于人类和犬类患者治疗这种疾病，特别是在尽管进行了支持性治疗但血流动力学仍持续不稳定的情况下。本报告描述了一只患有肺血栓栓塞的猫的临床过程、超声心动图诊断及成功的溶栓治疗。尽管证实再灌注，但这只猫仍死于血栓栓塞性疾病，凸显了在小动物尤其是猫中对该疾病最佳治疗方法的知识匮乏。
