Abbreviations
- CHF:
-
congestive heart failure
- HCM:
-
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- ISACHC:
-
International Small Animal Cardiac Health Council
- LA:
-
left atrium
- LA/AO:
-
left atrium/aorta ratio
- LAE:
-
left atrial enlargement
- RCM:
-
restrictive cardiomyopathy
- SD:
-
standard deviation
- sTM:
-
soluble thrombomodulin
- TM:
-
Thrombomodulin
- TNF-α:
-
tumor necrosis factor alfa
- UCM:
-
unclassifed cardiomyopathy
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Ciaramella, P., Piantedosi, D., Lindquist, E. et al. Plasma Thrombomodulin (TM) Concentration in Cats with Cardiomyopathies. Vet Res Commun 30 (Suppl 1), 289–291 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-006-0063-3
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