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Pulmonary arterial hypertension in a cat with left- and right-sided heart disease but no pulmonary oedema

This is a an adult DSH of unknown age and provenance who presented with ascites.  His owner reported him as being otherwise active and well.  He was not tachypnoeic or hyperpnoeic (resting respiratory rate in the clinic 26/minute). On auscultation he does have left and right-sided murmurs and a gallop sound on the left. Ultrasonographically, … Continue reading