Table 3.
Patient characteristics of each study group.
| Study groups | WF (N = 29) | HCM (N = 21) | CC (N = 11) | p -Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WF vs HCM | WF vs CC | HCM vs CC | ||||
| Echocardiographic data | ||||||
| 2D IVSd, mm (IQR or SD) | 4.8 (±1.0) | 6.7 (±1.2) | 4.8 (±0.5) | <0.0001 | 0.98 | <0.0001 |
| 2D LVPWd, mm (IQR or SD) | 5.2 (±0.8) | 6.3 (±1.2) | 4.9 (±0.5) | 0.0009 | 0.71 | 0.0011 |
| M mode IVS, mm (IQR or SD) | 4.7 (±0.9) | 5.6 (4.9–6.2) | 4.4 (±0.6) | 0.0097 | >0.99 | 0.0071 |
| M mode LVPW, mm (IQR or SD) | 5.0 (±0.9) | 5.8 (±0.8) | 4.5 (±0.6) | 0.0075 | 0.18 | 0.0004 |
| Left atrial: aorta (IQR or SD) | 1.4 (1.3–1.5) | 1.5 (1.3–1.6) | 1.4 (±0.1) | >0.99 | >0.99 | >0.99 |
| Left auricular velocity, cm/s (IQR or SD) | 59.2 (±14.7) | 54.4 (48.2–61.0) | 43.4 (39.3–52.5) | >0.99 | 0.048 | 0.14 |
| Fractional shortening, % (IQR or SD) | 51.5 (±9.7) | 57.5 (±9.0) | 57.2 (±14.4) | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.94 |
| SEC ± T, number of cats | 13/29 cats | 0 | 0 | NA | ||
| 5/13 cats with thrombus | ||||||
WF, wildfire cats; HCM, healthy cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; CC, healthy cats without hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; IVSd, interventricular septal thickness at diastole; LVPWd, left ventricular posterior wall thickness at end-diastole; IVS, interventricular septum; LVPW, left ventricular posterior wall; SEC ± T, spontaneous echocardiographic contrast with or without organized thrombus in cardiac chambers.