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Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy - Feline Cardiomyopathies (view source)
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==Treatment==
==Treatment==
Positive inotropes, such as pimobendan, may be required to treat severe right ventricular myocardial failure. Congestive heart failure is treated with furosemide and an ACE inhibitor such as Benezepril. Anticoagulant therapy is almost always indicated because cats with ARVC often have marked right atrial dilation which puts them at high risk of pulmonary thromboembolism.
Antiarrhythmic therapy may be necessary for treatment of severe ventricular or supraventricular tachyarrhythmias.
==Prognosis==
==Prognosis==
Prognosis for cats with ARVC is grave. In one case series of 12 cats with ARVC, 75% of cats died or where euthanised due to right heart failure or thromboembolism with a median survival time of 1 month in CHF cases.
==References==
==References==
* Fox PR et al. Spontaneous occurence of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in the domestic cat: a new animal model of human disease. Circulation, 102:1863, 2000
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