Topography and ultrasonographic identification of the equine pulmonary vein draining pattern
| Autor: | G. van Loon, Pieter Cornillie, B. De Pauw, Tim Vandecasteele, Paul Simoens, Kimberley Vandevelde |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Pulmonary Circulation 040301 veterinary sciences Left atrium 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Pulmonary vein 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Animals Horses Antrum Lung General Veterinary business.industry Ultrasound Atrial fibrillation 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Anatomy medicine.disease Ostium medicine.anatomical_structure Echocardiography Pulmonary Veins cardiovascular system Animal Science and Zoology Female business Interatrial septum |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997). 210 |
| ISSN: | 1532-2971 |
| Popis: | Information on ultrasound examination of equine pulmonary veins is scarce due to a lack of in-depth anatomical information. Each pulmonary vein drains a specific lung lobe region, after which those veins merge into a collecting antrum, before opening into the left atrium through their respective ostia. The aim of this study was, by using anatomical dissection and silicone casting of equine cardiopulmonary sets, to study the venous drainage of both lungs and the position of the ostia and to investigate whether the ostia can be identified and differentiated using ultrasound. Three out of the four ostia could be observed echocardiographically in the standing horse. The ostium draining the most caudal aspects of both lungs showed little variability, while the ostium draining the rest of the right lung could be used as an easily recognisable landmark, since it was located adjacent to the interatrial septum. The identification of the equine pulmonary vein ostia using ultrasound might allow for the determination of size and flow patterns in the assessment of cardiovascular disease. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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