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Cardiology

A Collaborative Effort: Using a One Health Approach to Further the Identification of HCM in Veterinary Medicine

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Pending CE: 1.0 Medical

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One Health
Disclosure(s):
Jena West, LVMT (VTS-Cardiology), MPH (Veterinary Medicine) MPH (Veterinary Medicine): No financial relationships to disclose
Presentation Description / Summary: HCM, the most inherited cardiac disease in humans and domestic cats, has resulted in significant mortality in both species. Research in both human and veterinary medicine has resulted in new insight in the areas of genetics and pathophysiology of the disease, yet the information gathered has remained somewhat heterogenetic. This talk will attempt to bridge the information gap by suggesting how each species could assist the other learn even more about the disease.

Learner Outcomes:

  • How HCM was first identified in both human and veterinary medicine

  • Understanding the disease (HCM) in cats

  • Examples of good and bad HCM models used to study the disease process and treatment options of the disease

  • Other cardiomyopathies diagnosed in veterinary medicine: familial and nonfamilial 

  • Understanding what a One Health approach is and how professionals in both human and veterinary medicine can incooperate it into the sharing of vital new information

  • Mechanisms that influence the disease: clinical symptoms and possible arrythmias

  • Associated genetic connections


 
 

Learning Objectives:

  • Upon completion, participant will be able to name and categorize various forms of cardiomyopathies identified in both humans and felines.
  • Upon completion, participant will be able to understand the similarities/differences associated with the most common gene linked to the development of HCM in both humans and animals, MYBPC3.
  • Upon completion, participant will be able to compare and contrast the 4 major diagnostic modalities used to identify HCM.