Table 2.

Clinical findings in 106 cats with cardiomyopathy

	Total(n=106)		HCM(n=61)		RCM(n=22)		DCM(n=11)		UCM(n=11)		MBCM (n=1)
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Heart murmur	59	55.7	44	72.1	8	36.4	1	9.1	6	54.5	0	0
Dyspnoea	50	47.1	22	36.1	12	54.5	9	81.8	7	63.3	1	100
Tachycardia (HR >200 bpm)	31	29.2	16	26.2	7	31.8	6	54.5	1	9.1	1	100
Lethargy	21	19.8	8	13.1	3	13.6	7	63.6	3	27.3	0	0
Gallop rhythm	19	17.9	7	11.5	5	22.7	5	45.4	1	9.1	1	100
Hypotension (BP <120 mmHg)	15	14.1	4	6.6	4	18.2	6	54.5	0	0	1	100
Poor bodily condition	13	12.3	7	11.5	5	22.7	1	9.1	0	0	0	0
Ascites	12	11.3	1	1.6	5	22.7	6	54.5	0	0	0	0
Arrhythmia	11	10.4	4	6.6	3	13.6	2	18.2	2	18.2	0	0
Collapse	10	9.4	4	6.6	4	18.2	2	18.2	0	0	0	0
Abnormal resp. sounds	9	8.5	5	8.2	3	13.6	1	9.1	0	0	0	0
Hindlimb paresis	8	7.5	6	9.8	2	9.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bradycardia (HR <100)	6	5.7	1	1.6	3	0.7	2	18.2	0	0	0	0
Muffled heart sounds	5	4.7	0	0	2	9.1	2	18.2	1	9.1	0	0
No clinical signs ∗	3	2.8	3	4.9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retinal degeneration	2	1.9	0	0	0	0	2	18.2	0	0	0	0

^∗No clinical signs referable to a cardiac disease. Abbreviations used: bpm, beats per minute; HR, heart rate; BP, systolic blood pressure.