Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with heart murmur caused by rare artery-to-heart connection
By Bowden, S et al.·Published in Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology·2022·Department of Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Right coronary artery to left ventricle coronary cameral fistula in a cat.
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Plain-English summary
A six-month-old female domestic shorthair cat was taken to the vet because of a loud heart murmur. Tests showed that she had a rare condition called a coronary cameral fistula, where an abnormal blood vessel was causing blood to flow incorrectly from the right coronary artery into the left ventricle. This condition was causing her heart to work harder than normal. The vet used advanced imaging techniques to diagnose this issue, which is the first known case of its kind in a cat. Treatment details weren't specified, but early diagnosis is crucial for managing such heart problems.
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Abstract
A six-month-old female intact domestic shorthair cat was presented for evaluation of a loud heart murmur. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed dilation of the left ventricle secondary to an abnormal vessel shunting blood into the left ventricular outflow tract at a high velocity during diastole. Multidetector computed tomography angiography revealed a coronary cameral fistula that originated at the right coronary artery, encircled the heart, and then terminated into the left ventricular outflow tract. This case report documents the first known case of a coronary cameral fistula in a cat. Multimodal imaging was an essential aspect to diagnosing the congenital lesion in this case.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36375402/