Clinical diagnosis and alternative surgical treatment of tetralogy of Fallot in a dog. A case report

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

Clinical diagnosis and alternative surgical treatment of tetralogy of Fallot in a dog. A case report

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.