Ante-mortem diagnosis of persistent truncus arteriosus in an 8-year-old asymptomatic dog
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- 作者：Franç ; ois Serres ; Valé ; rie Chetboul ; Carolina Carlos Sampedrano ; Vassiliki Gouni ; Jean-Louis Pouchelon
- 关键词：Aorta ; Echocardiography ; Heart ; Polycythemia ; Pulmonary artery
- 刊名：Journal of Veterinary Cardiology
- 出版年：2009
- 出版时间：June 2009
- 年：2009
- 卷：11
- 期：1
- 页码：59-65
- 全文大小：392 K
文摘
Persistent truncus arteriosus (PTA) was diagnosed in an 8-year-old neutered male Poodle referred for echocardiographic examination prior to anesthesia for surgical correction of bilateral cataract. A single large artery limited by a bicuspid valve and overriding both ventricles was observed with 2 distinct pulmonary arteries arising from the common arterial trunk. A large size interventricular septal defect was associated with a low velocity bidirectional shunt. The lesion was identified as a Type 3 PTA according to Collett and Edwards' classification. Although no clinical signs were reported, the dog presented polycythemia (packed cell volume = 68 % ) at the time of diagnosis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an echocardiographic diagnosis of PTA in the dog. Until now, the ante-mortem diagnosis of this congenital heart disease has only been described in the cat. This case is also of interest because of the age of the animal and the total absence of cardio-respiratory signs at the time of diagnosis.