Abstract
BackgroundLeft atrial (LA) function plays an important role in diastolic dysfunction in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) is a technique for assessing LA function. This study aimed to evaluate the LA function in HCM cats compared to normal cats, using 2D-STE.ResultsSeventeen client-owned cats affected with HCM and twenty healthy control cats were studied. Conventional echocardiographic and 2D-STE variables were measured and compared between groups (control and HCM groups). Variability of the peak atrial longitudinal strain (PALS) displayed good reproducibility with 4.7% intra-observer and 14% inter-observer repeatability. The mean value of PALS in the HCM group (13.16 ± 8.64) was lower than that in the control group (28.54 ± 10.31) (P < 0.001). PALS was lowest in the LA roof region. The atrial longitudinal strains of septal and lateral regions were significantly lower in the HCM group than in the normal group. The PALS correlated with the percentage of the LA fractional shortening (LA-FS) (r = 0.538, P = 0.001), the percentage of the LA ejection fraction (LA-EF) (r = 0.797, P < 0.001), and the LA fractional area change (FAC) (r = 0.746, P < 0.001).ConclusionsPALS is a feasible and reproducible method to evaluate the LA function in cats affected with HCM.
Highlights
Left atrial (LA) function plays an important role in diastolic dysfunction in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
Five of 17 cats in the HCM group had systolic anterior motion assessed by echocardiography
The results showed that LA fractional shortening (LA-FS) (P < 0.001), LA ejection fraction (LA-EF) (P = 0.001), fractional area change (FAC) (P < 0.001) and peak atrial longitudinal strain (PALS) (P < 0.001) in both HCM cat subgroups were significantly lower than in the control group
Summary
Left atrial (LA) function plays an important role in diastolic dysfunction in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) is a technique for assessing LA function. This study aimed to evaluate the LA function in HCM cats compared to normal cats, using 2D-STE. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the most common myocardial diseases. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is associated with diastolic dysfunction [5]. The left atrium (LA) plays an important role in cardiac performance through its three phasic functions: reservoir, conduit, and booster pump functions [8,9,10,11,12]. The second is the conduit phase, when the LA transfers blood passively into the left ventricle during early diastole.
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