Hipertireoidismo Felino Associado a Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica.

Abstract

The activities inherent to the supervised curricular stage were developed at the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Paraná (HV-UFPR), in the areas of veterinary cardiology from August 13 to September 15 and at the small animal clinic of September 17 to October 23, for a total of 406 hours, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Marlos Gonçalves Sousa. In the first stage of the training, in the veterinary cardiology sector, the activities were about the execution of the complementary exams electrocardiogram, echocardiogram and holter, as well as the interpretation of the images, graphs, electrocardiographic tracings, as well as, attended. During the second phase of the training, the activities inherent to the medical practice of small animals took place according to the routine of the resident veterinarians, in which we could be assigned to perform functions during hospitalization (general, intercourse and isolation), screening / emergency service and or passwords service, in which the trainees began the consultations and then the veterinarians finished them. A total of 160 animals were followed along the stage in the UFPR small animal medical clinic. This report describes the presence and the report of a case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy secondary to feline hyperthyroidism, an endocrinopathy such as the image of an elderly man, followed during the stage, in which he underwent complementary examinations and drug therapies, since the hormones manifested after the beginning of the treatment.