Epidemiological study of indirect blood pressure measured using oscillometry in clinically healthy cats at initial evaluation

Yasutomo HORI; Yasuhiro HEISHIMA; Yohei YAMASHITA; Masayuki IGUCHI; Kensuke NAKAMURA; Noriko ISAYAMA; Hideyuki ONODERA; Akihito KITADE; Nobuyuki KANNO; Atsushi HIRAKAWA; Michio KATAGI; Toshiki IBARAGI; Shigeki YAMANO; Yoshitaka ARAMAKI; Tamotsu SAWADA

doi:10.1292/jvms.18-0187

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Epidemiological study of indirect blood pressure measured using oscillometry in clinically healthy cats at initial evaluation

Yasutomo HORI, Yasuhiro HEISHIMA, Yohei YAMASHITA, Masayuki IGUCHI, Kensuke NAKAMURA, Noriko ISAYAMA, Hideyuki ONODERA, Akihito KITADE, Nobuyuki KANNO, Atsushi HIRAKAWA, Michio KATAGI, Toshiki IBARAGI, Shigeki YAMANO, Yoshitaka ARAMAKI, Tamotsu SAWADA

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Yasutomo HORI
School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University
Yasuhiro HEISHIMA
School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University
Heisei Animal Hospital, Japan
Yohei YAMASHITA
Ebisu Animal Hospital, Japan
Masayuki IGUCHI
Iguchi Animal Hospital, Japan
Kensuke NAKAMURA
University of Miyazaki, Japan
Noriko ISAYAMA
Uenonomori Animal Clinic, Japan
Hideyuki ONODERA
Onodera Animal Hospital, Japan
Akihito KITADE
Kitade Animal Hospital, Japan
Nobuyuki KANNO
Veterinary Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University
Atsushi HIRAKAWA
Pet Clinic Hallelujah, Japan
Michio KATAGI
Katagi Animal Hospital, Japan
Toshiki IBARAGI
Miyoshi Inter Animal Hospital, Japan
Shigeki YAMANO
Ueda Animal Clinic, Japan
Yoshitaka ARAMAKI
Bay Veterinary Hospital, Japan
Tamotsu SAWADA
Kitanomori Animal Hospital, Japan

Keywords: blood pressure, feline, oscillometry, systemic hypertension

JOURNAL FREE ACCESS Advance online publication

Article ID: 18-0187

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.18-0187

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 81 (2019), No. 4 pp. 513-516

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Abstract

We investigated the clinical characteristics of healthy cats in accordance with the target organ damage (TOD) risk category, on the basis of systolic blood pressure (SBP). This prospective multi-center study included 137 healthy cats. Indirect blood pressure was measured using an oscillometric technique. The median SBP in all cats was 147 mmHg (interquartile range: 134‒158). On the basis of the TOD risk category, 57.7, 19.7, 21.9, and 0.7% of the cats were classified into categories I–IV, respectively. Age, sex, and body weight did not affect the SBP. This study provides basic information on the distribution of TOD risk categories in clinically healthy cats.

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