🐱 *Cat Lovers, Beware! Your Cat’s Heart May Look Like a Valentine ❤️ on X-rays!* 🩷🐱
*Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)* is the most common heart disease in cats, where the heart muscle thickens, making it harder to pump blood. On an X-ray, the heart may appear Valentine-shaped ❤️, a key sign of heart disease!
🔬 *How HCM Develops (Pathogenesis)*
🫀 Thickened Heart Walls → Reduced chamber size & blood volume
🫀 Poor Heart Relaxation → Increased left atrial pressure
🫀 Blocked Blood Flow → Heart murmur & extra workload
🫀 Blood Clots Forming → 🚨 Sudden hindlimb paralysis (Aortic Thromboembolism)
🫀 Heart Failure Progression → Fluid in lungs, breathing issues 😿
🚨 *Signs Your Cat May Have HCM* 🚨
🐾 Labored breathing & open-mouth breathing
🐾 Weakness, lethargy & fainting
🐾 Hindlimb paralysis (Aortic Thromboembolism)
🐾 Heart murmur & abnormal heart rhythms
_Courtesy:Obulimadhesh. S_
*Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)* is the most common heart disease in cats, where the heart muscle thickens, making it harder to pump blood. On an X-ray, the heart may appear Valentine-shaped ❤️, a key sign of heart disease!
🔬 *How HCM Develops (Pathogenesis)*
🫀 Thickened Heart Walls → Reduced chamber size & blood volume
🫀 Poor Heart Relaxation → Increased left atrial pressure
🫀 Blocked Blood Flow → Heart murmur & extra workload
🫀 Blood Clots Forming → 🚨 Sudden hindlimb paralysis (Aortic Thromboembolism)
🫀 Heart Failure Progression → Fluid in lungs, breathing issues 😿
🚨 *Signs Your Cat May Have HCM* 🚨
🐾 Labored breathing & open-mouth breathing
🐾 Weakness, lethargy & fainting
🐾 Hindlimb paralysis (Aortic Thromboembolism)
🐾 Heart murmur & abnormal heart rhythms
_Courtesy:Obulimadhesh. S_