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To the best of our knowledge, transient restrictive cardiomyopathy (TRCM) has not yet been reported in cats.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>To describe the epidemiological, clinical, echocardiographic, and prognostic features of cats with TRCM.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Animals<\/jats:title><jats:p>17 cats with TRCM and 16 control cats with non-transient RCM (NT-RCM).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Retrospective study. Clinical records of cats with an RCM phenotype (defined by normal LV dimensions with LA or biatrial enlargement) were searched in 6 veterinary databases. Cats with subsequent resolution of the RCM phenotype were included in the TRCM group and those with persistent RCM phenotype in the NT-RCM group.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>TRCM cats were significantly younger than NT-RCM cats (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.003). An antecedent event was identified 24\u202fh to 17\u202fdays before diagnosis in most TRCM cats (11\/17), but in no NT-RCM cat. All TRCM cats and 12\/16 NT-RCM cats had CHF, with a lower left atrium:aorta ratio in TRCM cats (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.04). Diuretic treatment was discontinued (10\/17) or decreased (7\/17) in all TRCM cats, but in no NT-RCM cat. Median survival time of NT-RCM cats was 667\u202fdays whereas the Kaplan\u2013Meier method estimated that 86% of the TRCM cats had not died from cardiac death 6,000\u202fdays after diagnosis (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.003).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion and clinical importance<\/jats:title><jats:p>TRCM occurs in cats with common antecedent events and with excellent long-term prognosis in most cases.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fvets.2025.1607384","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,23]],"date-time":"2025-05-23T12:31:24Z","timestamp":1748003484000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Transient restrictive cardiomyopathy in cats: first reported case series"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Camille","family":"Poissonnier","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pierre","family":"Guigo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pierre","family":"Foulex","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peggy","family":"Passavin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aurore","family":"Fouhety","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tiphaine","family":"Douay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Coline","family":"Le Gall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kahina","family":"Kartout","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"\u00c9ric","family":"Bomassi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Val\u00e9rie","family":"Chetboul","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1062","DOI":"10.1111\/jvim.15745","article-title":"ACVIM consensus statement guidelines for the classification, diagnosis, and management of cardiomyopathies in cats","volume":"34","author":"Luis Fuentes","year":"2020","journal-title":"J Vet Intern Med"},{"key":"ref2","first-page":"1377","article-title":"Feline myocardial diseases","volume-title":"Textbook of veterinary internal medicine","author":"Chetboul","year":"2024"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"S244","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jvc.2015.03.008","article-title":"Cardiomyopathy prevalence in 780 apparently healthy cats in rehoming centres (the CatScan study)","volume":"17","author":"Payne","year":"2015","journal-title":"J Vet Cardiol"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"48","DOI":"10.1111\/jvim.14897","article-title":"Transient myocardial thickening in cats associated with heart failure","volume":"32","author":"Novo Matos","year":"2018","journal-title":"J Vet Intern Med"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"51","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jvc.2023.09.001","article-title":"Transient myocardial thickening: a retrospective analysis on etiological, clinical, laboratory, therapeutic, and outcome findings in 27 cats","volume":"50","author":"Romito","year":"2023","journal-title":"J Vet Cardiol"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"863","DOI":"10.1253\/jcj.65.863","article-title":"Transient ventricular wall thickening in acute myocarditis: a serial echocardiographic and histopathologic study","volume":"65","author":"Hiramitsu","year":"2001","journal-title":"Jpn Circ J"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"19","DOI":"10.1186\/1532-429X-10-19","article-title":"Relation between myocardial edema and myocardial mass during the acute and convalescent phase of myocarditis - 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