Open AccessEchocardiographic Features of Giant Right Atrial Diverticulum in a Dog
Author(s) -
Park S.,
Kittleson M.D.,
Yu D.,
Choi J.
Publication year - 2017
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/jvim.14712
Subject(s) - medicine , right atrium , pericardial effusion , atrium (architecture) , thoracic cavity , cardiology , radiology , anatomy , atrial fibrillation
A 12‐year‐old spayed female miniature Poodle presented for coughing, respiratory distress, and anorexia. After thoracentesis for pleural effusion, radiography revealed an enlarged cardiac silhouette with a bulge in the area of the body of the right atrium. Echocardiography revealed an anechoic chamber‐like cavity lateral to the right atrium that communicated with the right atrium through a 13 mm defect in the right atrial free wall. Contrast echocardiography and color flow Doppler were used to prove that the cavity communicated with the right atrium. The cavity was diagnosed as a giant right atrial diverticulum.