Cat with chronic wheeze and arrhythmiahttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/27289/cat-with-chronic-wheeze-and-arrhythmia This is an ECG from an 8 year old cat which was diagnosed with chronic inflammatory upper airway disease in April although the BAL was not conclusive for asthma and put on Flixotide inhaler with an improvement in its condition. She came in for her annualen-USTelligent Community 10RE: Cat with chronic wheeze and arrhythmiahttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/201099?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:25:00 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:a7f558bc-17a1-4252-bf6e-e2659fef058aMartin Atkinson<p>[quote user=&quot;David Mills&quot;]</p> <p>It&#39;s sinoatrial disassociation, third degree block. Unusual to see in cats, and as they&#39;re not athletic, normally doesn&#39;t cause signs by itself but normally secondary to structural heart disease, occasionally a tumour, or myocarditis so troponin may be useful for latter.&nbsp;</p> <div style="clear:both;">[/quote]Thanks David I knew you&#39;d be along! There is no evidence of a tumour on rads and nothing to suggest mycocarditis clinically or in bloods so I&#39;ll see what the proBP says. I suspect it will be HCM.</div><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Cat with chronic wheeze and arrhythmiahttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/201097?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:35:11 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:af9ed3ef-2569-4db1-895b-70cb40103c5fDavid Mills<p>It&#39;s sinoatrial disassociation, third degree block. Unusual to see in cats, and as they&#39;re not athletic, normally doesn&#39;t cause signs by itself but normally secondary to structural heart disease, occasionally a tumour, or myocarditis so troponin may be useful for latter.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Cat with chronic wheeze and arrhythmiahttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/201076?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 10 Aug 2018 13:15:33 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:cf57193f-1822-4088-afe0-efbb6a8051e6Evelyn Barbour-Hill<p>No idea, but</p> <p>[quote user=&quot;Martin Atkinson&quot;] the cat sat on the trace[/quote]</p> <p><img src="/emoticons/v2/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Very happy" /><img src="/emoticons/v2/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Very happy" /><img src="/emoticons/v2/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Very happy" /> See, there is real life in practice sometimes&nbsp;<img src="/emoticons/v2/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Very happy" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>