Are you monitoring you Congestive Heart Failure patients for Cardiac Cachexia? A recent study found that 41.6% of cats with CHF met the definition for cardiac cachexia and the cats with cardiac cachexia had a shorter survival time.  Dogs and cats should be frequently reviewed in your clinic and address contributing factors to cardiac cachexia such as poor nutrition and change in appetite.

Reference – Santiago, S. L., Freeman, L. M., & Rush, J. E. (2020). Cardiac cachexia in cats with congestive heart failure: Prevalence and clinical, laboratory, and survival findings. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 34(1), 35–44.