Open AccessRight Ventricular Outflow Obstruction Caused by Primary Cardiac Neoplasia
Author(s) -
Bright Janice M.,
Toal Robert L.,
Blackford LeeAnn M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of veterinary internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.356
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1939-1676
pISSN - 0891-6640
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-1676.1990.tb00869.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricle , ventricular outflow tract , ventricular outflow tract obstruction , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Obstruction to pulmonary blood flow as a result of neoplasia in the right ventricular outflow tract is described in two dogs. Whereas one dog had exertional syncope and a systolic ejection murmur, the other had signs of congestive failure and hypoxia. In both animals the mass was detected in the right ventricle with two‐dimensional echocardiography and confirmed angiographically. Although rare, primary right ventricular neoplasia represents a potentially treatable form of cardiac disease and should be considered as a cause of acquired outflow tract obstruction. (Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 1990; 4:12–16)