Hipertensão arterial sistêmica em felinos domésticos: revisão de literatura.

Abstract

The objective of this review, describing the study and the importance of systemic hypertension in cats, emphasizing the physiological and pharmacological mechanisms that operate in the control of blood pressure, as well as the clinical aspects of that disease. Hypertension is defined as a persistent elevation of blood pressure, systolic, diastolic or both with values higher than those in the reference range for the species in question. In various studies published in the veterinary field, there is a wide as the pressure range considered normal for the species. This fact makes it difficult to establish a threshold from which clearly defined as hypertension. Most cases of hypertension identified in veterinary patients is secondary to another disease in felines, disease most often associated with hypertension are renal disease or hyperthyroidism. The organs are particularly vulnerable to damage are the eyes, kidney, brain and heart. The disease is usually asymptomatic, hence the importance of including blood pressure measurement in clinical practice, in order to obtain an early diagnosis and detection of hypertensive disorders, especially in the senior adult cats, and animals with suspected or clinical evidence of a disease capable of inducing hypertension, providing a longer life expectancy.