A modified Delphi method was applied to a series of statements produced by members of the committee that summarized the most important issues related to cardiomyopathy in cats. A combination of online anonymous voting with free text comments, face‐to‐face meetings and video‐conferences was used to modify the statements. Consensus was defined as ≧6 of the 9 committee members agreeing with a statement. A PubMed search using the MeSH terms “feline” and “cardiomyopathies” yielded 475 references, and further references were identified using other databases and other search terms. References documenting peer‐reviewed published studies containing original data were reviewed by the panel and graded. For each statement for which consensus was reached, a level of evidence (low/medium/high), was determined based on review of the literature (Table 1 ), and a class (strength) of recommendation was assigned (is recommended/should be considered/may be considered/is not recommended) according to the results of voting (Table 2 ).
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