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How many echocardiographic phenotypes are described in the ACVIM consensus statement guidelines about feline cardiomyopathies?

5

4

3

6

Where are the two most frequently diagnosed mutations inducing HCM in Ragdolls and Main Coon localized?

Myosin heavy chain

Myosin binding protein C

Troponin

Tropomyosin

What is the cumulative prevalence of HCM in shelter cats in UK?

50%

30%

10%

15%

What are the two forms of RCM described in cats?

Right ventricular and left ventricular

Compensated and decompensated

Myocardial and endomyocardial

Effusive and constrictive

What does it mean that a cat is classified with a stage C cardiomyopathy?

The disease is absent but it can appear in the future

The disease is present but the left atrium is still within normal limits

The cat has no clinical signs but the left atrium is dilated

The cat suffers of concomitant or previous CHF or ATE

At which stage of a 3D echocardiographic examination the dataset of a 3D volume is obtained?

Data acquisition

Data processing

Data post-processing

What can be the complication related to multi-beat 3D echocardiography modality?

Stitching artifact

Worst temporal resolution

None of the two

What anatomical structures can be studied with TEE trans-gastric view?

PDA

Aorta

Porto-systemic shunts

For which interventional procedure is TEE monitoring important?

Pulmonary valvuloplasty

PDA closure

Aortic valvuloplasty

During pulmonary valvuloplasty what is the echo TEE useful for?

Study of coronary arteries

Measure of PV annulus

Measure of AV annulus