Anasarca por cardiomiopatia restritiva em paciente felino: relato de caso

Abstract

The intership was happened at the Hospital of Veterinary Clinics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, in Porto Alegre, from April 2, 2018 to June 29, 2018, all activities being supervised by Dra. Fernanda Vieira Amorim da Costa and accompaniment by all residents, masters and PhD in the Small Animal Clinic sector. The mandatory supervised intership happens, especially, in the Feline Sector (Medfel), with a total of approximately 100 felines during these three months, many cases could be experienced, but one case can be excel for your rarity and few studies about. Anasarca or generalized edema it’s a condition can’t be observed in adult felines, being associated, in most cases, with poor fetal formations. This happens by the changes in the fluid exchange mechanism of the organism, taking to a exacerbated deposition of fluid in the interstitial space of the entire animal organism. This condition has described a few times in adult patients and is rarely reported in association with restrictive cardiomyopathy, this condition can change the cardiac diastole due to the high deposition of fibrin in the myocardium, block the normal functioning of this heart, to atrial dilatation mainly. The feline patient doesn’t have patterns in clinical findings that lead to more effective studies in the case of heart disease and because they demonstrate significant behavioral changes late, being attended many times when the course of the disease is at a level described as difficult to treat and unfavorable prognosis, makes it difficult to identify specific factors that facilitate the treatment and preventive diagnosis in these cases, being this disease in particular idiopathic cause and little is known about how it manifests in these animals. The objective of this report was to present the case of a feline patient with an anasarca, as a consequence of a restrictive cardiomyopathy, seeking to provide more information to the staff, in order to facilitate the maintenance of the life of these patients and to promote support for diagnostic methods.