Quadricuspid aortic valve and associated abnormalities in the dog: Report of six cases
| Autor: | François Serres, Vassiliki Gouni, Valérie Chetboul, Carolina Carlos Sampedrano, Jean-Louis Pouchelon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Heart disease Physiology Aortic Valve Insufficiency Regurgitation (circulation) Doppler echocardiography Sensitivity and Specificity Asymptomatic Dogs Internal medicine Ductus arteriosus Mitral valve medicine Animals Dog Diseases Retrospective Studies General Veterinary medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Echocardiography Doppler Color Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Echocardiography Aortic Valve cardiovascular system Cardiology Heart murmur Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Veterinary Cardiology. 10:25-31 |
| ISSN: | 1760-2734 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jvc.2008.03.003 |
| Popis: | Objectives To describe the clinical and echocardiographic findings in dogs with quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV). Background QAV is a rare canine congenital heart disease which has been reported only three times in the young dog. Animals, materials and methods Six dogs (0.3- to 13-year-old) with QAV diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography were retrospectively evaluated. Medical records, echocardiograms, and follow-ups were reviewed. Results According to aortic cusp morphology, QAV was classified as type A ( n = 1), type B ( n = 4) or type C ( n = 1). QAV was associated with at least one other heart disease in all of the dogs including, ventricular septal defect ( n = 1), enlarged left coronary ostium ( n = 4), degenerative mitral valve disease (MVD, n = 1) and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA, n = 3). Mild to moderate aortic regurgitation was also detected in all dogs by continuous-wave and color-flow Doppler echocardiography. QAV was diagnosed in four asymptomatic dogs referred for evaluation of a heart murmur. The remaining two dogs had QAV and PDA with evidence of mild exercise intolerance and moderately retarded growth. The PDA was surgically corrected in both dogs and at the time of writing, 1–2.5 years after the initial diagnosis, none of the six animals shows evidence of clinical signs. Conclusion QAV is a cause of aortic insufficiency. It may incidentally be found by two-dimensional echocardiography in dogs of various ages in association with other congenital or acquired cardiac abnormalities. |
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