Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Puppy dog with heart defect causing breathing trouble fixed by surgery
By J. Pascon et al.·2010·View original on Semantic Scholar →
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Original publication title: Aorticopulmonary septal defect in a dog: case report
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Plain-English summary
A 10-month-old female mixed breed dog was brought to the vet because she was having trouble breathing during exercise and a heart murmur was found. Tests showed a rare heart defect where blood vessels were improperly connected, which was confirmed during surgery. After the surgery, the dog was doing well and no longer had breathing problems when exercising. This case highlights the importance of early diagnosis and treatment for this type of heart issue.
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Abstract
A 10-month-old intact female mixed breed dog was referred for evaluation of exercise-induced dyspnea and a low grade II/VI systolic murmur was detected. The communication between ascending aortic and pulmonary trunk was observed by detecting a continuous flow just above the semilunar valves on echoDopplercardiography and attested by surgery. After the surgical procedure, the dog was presented in good clinical conditions without exercise-induced dyspnea, reflecting the importance of an early and accurate diagnostic for the therapeutic success. This is the first Brazilian report of this rare congenital disease and the unique well succeed surgery in the veterinary literature.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Semantic Scholar: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/f6552126b30d469073287f513326fb21c2724b09