1. Concurrent Diseases and Conditions in Cats with Renal Infarcts
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Hickey, MC, Jandrey, K, Farrell, KS, and Carlson‐Bremer, D
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Veterinary Sciences ,Agricultural ,Veterinary and Food Sciences ,Kidney Disease ,Animals ,Cardiomyopathy ,Hypertrophic ,Cat Diseases ,Cats ,Female ,Hyperthyroidism ,Infarction ,Kidney ,Male ,Neoplasms ,Thromboembolism ,Ultrasonography ,Cardiovascular ,Cardiomyopathy ,Abdominal ultrasonography ,Radiology and diagnostic imaging ,Veterinary sciences - Abstract
BackgroundRenal infarcts identified without definitive association with any specific disease process.ObjectiveDetermine diseases associated with diagnosis of renal infarcts in cats diagnosed by sonography or necropsy.Animals600 cats underwent abdominal ultrasonography, necropsy, or both at a veterinary medical teaching hospital.MethodsInformation obtained from electronic medical records. Cats classified as having renal infarct present based on results of sonographic evaluation or necropsy. Time-matched case-controls selected from cats that underwent the next scheduled diagnostic procedure.Results309 of 600 cats having diagnosis of renal infarct and 291 time-matched controls. Cats 7-14 years old were 1.6 times (odds ratio, 95% CI: 1.03-2.05, P = .03) more likely to have renal infarct than younger cats but no more likely to have renal infarct than older cats (1.4, 0.89-2.25, P = .14). All P = .14 are statistically significant. Cats with renal infarcts were 4.5 times (odds ratio, 95% CI: 2.63-7.68, P
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- 2014