Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
External splinting for treatment of pectus excavatum in a dog with right ventricular outflow obstruction.
- Journal:
- Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology
- Year:
- 2010
- Authors:
- Gifford, Angela T & Flanders, James A
- Affiliation:
- Department of Clinical Sciences · United States
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction was diagnosed by Doppler echocardiography in a young dog with a cardiac murmur, severe dyspnea, and a prominent sternal depression. Thoracic radiography confirmed a diagnosis of pectus excavatum involving the caudal third of the sternum. The right ventricular outflow obstruction was attributed to cardiac compression from the dorsally deviated sternum. External surgical splinting of the sternabrae, demonstrated by video in this report, was used to treat the pectus excavatum. Radiographic and Doppler echocardiographic examination 3 weeks and 4 months post-splinting documented resolution of both pectus excavatum and right ventricular outflow obstruction.
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