Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Pug with right heart failure treated by heart membrane stent
By Schreiber, N et al.·Published in Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology·2022·Clinic for Small Animal Medicine·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Long-term palliation of right-sided congestive heart failure after stenting a recurrent cor triatriatum dexter in a 10½-year-old pug.
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Plain-English summary
A 10-and-a-half-year-old male pug was brought in because he was developing a swollen belly (ascites) over the past two months. Tests showed he had a heart condition called cor triatriatum dexter, which is a congenital defect that can cause heart problems. Initially, a procedure to open up the heart's membrane helped for a while, but the symptoms returned after six months. After another procedure and placing a stent, the pug has been doing well and has shown no symptoms for fourteen months.
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Abstract
A 10½-year-old, male neutered, pug presented with increasing ascites over two months. Echocardiography revealed cor triatriatum dexter with no concurrent cardiovascular anomalies, subsequently confirmed by computed tomography angiography. Balloon dilation of the perforated intra-atrial membrane under fluoroscopic guidance resulted in the transient resolution of all clinical abnormalities, but six months later stenosis and ascites recurred. After repeated balloon dilation, a stent was placed across the membrane. The dog remains asymptomatic fourteen months after the second procedure. One noteworthy feature of this case is the onset of congestive heart failure due to a congenital defect only at more than 10 years of age.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35320744/