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Cats intended to initiate at least a 5-day course of steroids administered PO were consecutively recruited.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Steroids administered PO to cats are not associated with differences in absolute concentration of NT-proBNP (baseline: 49\u2009pmol\/L [range, 24-1013]; after steroids: 85\u2009pmol\/L [range, 46-1367]; P = .23), blood pressure (baseline: 145\u2009mm Hg [range, 116-163]; after steroids: 145\u2009mm Hg [range, 115-230]; P = .94), nor blood glucose concentration (baseline: 125\u2009mg\/dL [range, 92-254]; after steroids: 144\u2009mg\/dL [range, 114-307]; P = .43), but are associated with increased median left atrial dimension (baseline: 1.26\u2009cm [range, 0.96-2.03; after steroids: 1.38 [range, 1.03-2.20]; P = .02) and mean left ventricular internal diameter (baseline: 1.55\u2009cm [standard deviation\u2014SD, 0.28; after steroids: 1.72\u2009cm [SD, 0.28]; P = .03). Six of 10 (60%) cats had a percentile change in NT-proBNP &amp;gt;60% after steroids, and 3 of 8 (38%) cats with baseline BNP &amp;lt;100\u2009pmol\/L had an NT-proBNP &amp;gt;100\u2009pmol\/L after steroids.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions and Clinical Importance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Increased heart size and percentage change in individual NT-proBNP concentration suggests plasma volume expansion secondary to steroids administered PO in cats. A serial assessment of an individual cat's change in NT-proBNP might be clinically useful for judging risk for volume expansion.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jvim.15678","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,9]],"date-time":"2019-12-09T09:14:48Z","timestamp":1575882888000},"page":"29-34","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Echocardiographic and biomarker evidence of plasma volume expansion after short-term steroids administered orally in cats"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"34","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5515-5806","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chlo\u0451 L.","family":"Block","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Friendship Cardiology Specialists, Friendship Hospital for Animals , Washington, District of 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