Feline echocardiography utilizes essentially the same views as that in the canine but the sonographer scans more from a sternal position on the patient, and also makes much more subtle probe movements compared to the dog. The hyperdynamic cat heart, with a higher heart rate and frequently less cooperative feline patient, often necessitates post-scan processing of images.

Feline echocardiography utilizes essentially the same views as that in the canine but the sonographer scans more from a sternal position on the patient, and also makes much more subtle probe movements compared to the dog. The hyperdynamic cat heart, with a higher heart rate and frequently less cooperative feline patient, often necessitates post-scan processing of images. Recording video clips of the different views that follow in this series allows the sonographer to produce still images with the patient calm and comfortable in a cage and off the exam table, as opposed to prolonging the patient’s agitated state. However, we do not recommend that M-mode measurements be taken from still images derived from video clips until post-processing technology improves, as measurement error is frequent in our experience. M-mode can be measured at a later time using still images taken specifically for that purpose, but obtaining M-mode from general video can easily lead to errors and is very machine-dependent.

The images and efficiency clips shown here are just a handful of what is contained in SonoPath’s “Normal Echo & Abdominal Sonograms With Normal Age-Related Changes DVD” which can be found on our Products page.