RESUMO
The prevalence of congenital cardiac disease in cats varies from 0.2 to 1 per cent, with males being more affected than females. This is probably an underestimate due to the fact that not all affected kittens are presented. Discordant atrioventricular connection (where the morphological right atrium connects to the morphological left ventricle, and the morphological left atrium connects to the morphological right ventricle) is an uncommon condition in humans and, to the authors' knowledge, has not to date been described in animals. The association between this anomaly and the double-outlet right ventricle (where both great arteries arise entirely or partially from the morphological right ventricle) is extremely rare in children. This report describes a case of a cat which presented with this association of cardiac defects.
Assuntos
Doenças do Gato/congênito , Dextrocardia/veterinária , Átrios do Coração/anormalidades , Ventrículos do Coração/anormalidades , Animais , Autopsia/veterinária , Doenças do Gato/patologia , Gatos , Dextrocardia/patologia , Átrios do Coração/patologia , Ventrículos do Coração/patologiaRESUMO
Tetralogy of Fallot was diagnosed in a 30 month-old Cocker Spaniel female, through physical, radiographic, electrocardiographic, and echocardiographic exams. The animal was submitted to a palliative surgical correction, the Blalock-Taussig technique, and 46 months after the surgery, no signs of cardiopulmonary decompensation were observed
Assuntos
Animais , Feminino , Cães , Tetralogia de Fallot/diagnóstico , Tetralogia de Fallot/cirurgiaRESUMO
Tetralogy of Fallot was diagnosed in a 30 month-old Cocker Spaniel female, through physical, radiographic, electrocardiographic, and echocardiographic exams. The animal was submitted to a palliative surgical correction, the Blalock-Taussig technique, and 46 months after the surgery, no signs of cardiopulmonary decompensation were observed.
Tetralogia de Fallot foi diagnosticada em uma fêmea Cocker Spaniel, de 30 meses de idade, por meio de exames físico, radiográfico, eletrocardiográfico e ecocardiográfico. A paciente foi submetida à correção cirúrgica paliativa, técnica de Blalock-Taussig, e em avaliação recente, 46 meses após a cirurgia, apresentava-se sem qualquer manifestação sintomática de descompensação cardiopulmonar.