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
- 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
- PMID 38141434 (2023, Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology) — Dilated cardiomyopathy of possible dietary origin in a cat... An 11-year-old spayed female domestic shorthaired cat was diagnosed with severe dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and congestive heart failure. The cat had been eating cat foods that were high in pulses (e.g. peas, lentils, chickpeas). Neither
- 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
- PMID 34963075 (2021, Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology) — Dilated cardiomyopathy in cats: survey of veterinary cardiologists and retrospective evaluation of a possible association with diet... The objectives were to conduct a survey of cardiologists on their recent experiences with cats that have dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and to retrospectively review individual cases of feline DCM. Part one: A survey was distributed to
- 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
Source text: pdf-raw/evidence/pubmed_feline_cardiac_diet_2026-07-23.txt (PubMed first-hand abstracts, pulled 2026-07-23).