Evidence: dietary management of cardiac disease in cats
Source: PubMed E-utilities (NCBI) efetch — first-hand peer-reviewed abstract records, pulled 2026-07-23. Query cluster: feline cat cardiac disease diet taurine nutrition. 6 representative studies are extracted below. Abstract text is verbatim from source; each study is traceable by PMID.
Studies
- PMID 42110576 (2026, Case reports in veterinary medicine) — Dilated Cardiomyopathy Phenotype With Global (Four-Chamber) Involvement in a Cat: Echocardiographic, Pathological, Histopathological, and Immunohistochemical Findings... An 8-year-old castrated male Exotic Shorthair cat was referred due to the onset of abdominal effusion. Echocardiography revealed a dilated cardiomyopathy phenotype affecting both ventricles, associated with biatrial dilatation, left atrial *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
- PMID 40723483 (2025, Animals : an open access journal from MDPI) — Grain-Free Diets for Dogs and Cats: An Updated Review Focusing on Nutritional Effects and Health Considerations... In recent years, grain-free pet food has gained increasing attention due to its widespread promotion as a natural and hypoallergenic diet. This trend has prompted us to conduct an in-depth critical assessment of the nutritional *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
- PMID 38141434 (2023, Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology) — *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A case report described DCM of possible dietary origin in an 11-year-old spayed female domestic shorthair cat with severe DCM and congestive heart failure; the cat had eaten cat foods high in pulses (e.g., peas, lentils, chickpeas). (Source excerpt truncated at abstract opening.)
- PMID 36803067 (2023, Journal of feline medicine and surgery) — Comparison of echocardiography, biomarkers and taurine concentrations in cats eating high- or low-pulse diets... There are ongoing investigations into diet-associated dilated cardiomyopathy in dogs, but there has been minimal investigation into possible diet-associated dilated cardiomyopathy in cats. The objective of this study was to compare cardiac *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
- PMID 34963075 (2021, Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology) — *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A survey of veterinary cardiologists plus a retrospective case review examined feline dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and a possible association with diet; part one surveyed cardiologists on recent experience with cats diagnosed with DCM. (Source excerpt truncated at abstract opening.)
- PMID 38084870 (2023, Journal of veterinary internal medicine) — Long-term safety of dietary salt: A 5-year ProspEctive rAndomized bliNded and controlled stUdy in healThy aged cats (PEANUT study)... High-salt diets promote urine dilution and decrease urolithiasis risk. Prospectively evaluate the safety of chronic high dietary salt intake (randomized controlled trial). Twenty research colony neutered, healthy aged cats *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
Source text: pdf-raw/evidence/pubmed_feline_cardiac_diet_2026-07-23.txt (PubMed first-hand abstracts, pulled 2026-07-23).
License & attribution
Mixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY / CC BY-NC / CC BY-NC-ND) studies are reproduced verbatim with attribution under their specific CC license; non-Open-Access studies are paraphrased as derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten). Original records:
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34963075/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36803067/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38084870/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38141434/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40723483/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42110576/