Systolic Blood Pressure of Clinically Normal and Conscious Cats Determined by an Indirect Doppler Method in a Clinical Setting

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Yu-Hsin LIEN¹  Chun-Ju YAN²  Chung-Hui LIN²  Hui-Pi HUANG² 

[1] Azu Clinics for Animals;Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University

关键词: clinically normal;    Doppler;    feline reference value;    systolic blood pressure;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.68.827

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(28)Cited-By(6)The purposes of the present study were to determine the systolic blood pressure (SBP) of clinically normal and conscious cats, and to set up reference values of feline SBP for subsequent clinical application. SBPs were measured in 53 healthy cats using an ultrasonic Doppler device. The mean SBP was 133.6 ± 16.0 mmHg (range, 110.0-180.0 mmHg). The distribution of SBP values was not significantly affected by factors such as breed, body condition score, or age (P>0.05), but SBP values of female cats were significantly lower and more variable than those of males (t test, P=0.004; F test, P<0.001). Feline SBP between 114.3 mmHg and 149.5 mmHg was considered indicative of normotension. SBP values higher than 159.3 mmHg were defined as hypertension, and those less than 104.5 mmHg were determined as hypotension.

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