I’ve written before about the possible link between ureteral calculi and renal infarction in cats. The more of these cats we see the more I suspect that calculi are very common and also that most of them pass through undiagnosed. My hypothesis is that this might explain the number of cats we see with renal … Continue reading
Renal infarcts in cats are common incidental findings on abdominal ultrasonography in cats. Hickey and others (2014) reviewed disease associations in cats with renal infarcts diagnosed on ultrasonography or necropsy. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24528199 A significant association with cardiomyopathy was observed. However, that doesn’t explain for me why so many cats have apparent infarcts. Certainly in our population … Continue reading
