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Atrial septal defect in five dogs
Author(s) -
Guglielmini C.,
Diana A.,
Pietra M.,
Cipone M.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2002.tb00081.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , foramen secundum , septum secundum , abnormality , heart septal defect , dextrocardia , percutaneous , patent foramen ovale , psychiatry
The clinical, electrocardiographic, radiographic, and two‐dimensional, M‐mode and Doppler echocardiographic findings of five cases of canine ostium secundum type atrial septal defect (ASD) are described. The atrial septal anomaly was associated with other congenital cardiac abnormalities in two dogs: ventricular septal defect in one case and tricuspid dysplasia in the other. ASD was found in addition to dilated cardiomyopathy and suspected atrial thrombosis in one geriatric dog, but was the only cardiac abnormality detected in the remaining two dogs. Colour Doppler imaging facilitated the diagnosis of ASD in all subjects. The long‐term prognosis for dogs with isolated and small‐sized ASD is usually good, but can be compromised by the presence of concurrent congenital or acquired cardiac diseases.