Ascites with right heart failure in a dog: diagnosis and management
| Autor: | D. Srikala, Karlapudi Satish Kumar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Losartas chemistry.chemical_compound Internal medicine Ascites medicine Enlarged heart Creatinine lcsh:Veterinary medicine General Veterinary Respiratory distress business.industry medicine.disease Co-enzyme Q10 Right side heart failure Surgery body regions medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Effusion Cardiovascular agent Cardiology lcsh:SF600-1100 Abdomen Animal Science and Zoology medicine.symptom business Spiranolactone |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, Vol 1, Iss 3, Pp 140-144 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 2311-7710 |
| Popis: | A female Labrador dog presented with a history of distended abdomen was subjected for clinical, physical, hemato-biochemical, eletrocardiographic, and ultrasonographic evaluations. Respiratory distress, weakness, fluid thrill on palpation of abdomen, cough, cyanotic tongue, and syncope were the significant manifestations. Elevated levels of creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, alanine amino transferase, and alkaline phosphatase with normal blood urea nitrogen and creatinine were the common serum chemistry findings. Low voltage QRS complexes were the electrocardiographic abnormalities. Classical ground glass appearance of abdomen, and enlarged heart with increased sternal contact were the radiographic findings of abdomen and thorax. Ultrasonography of abdomen revealed floating viscera in the anechoic effusion with engorged and distended hepatic vasculature. 2-dimensional echocardiography revealed dilated right ventricle both on B- and M-mode. Further, insufficiency in mitral and tricuspid valves were recorded on pulsed and color flow Doppler. Hence, right heart failure due to ascites was confirmed, and the condition was successfully managed with losartas, spiranolactone, co-enzyme Q10 and tricholine citrate, and sorbitol. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/javar.2014.a15 J. Adv. Vet. Anim. Res., 1(3): 140-144, September 2014 |
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