Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
3D heart model helps plan surgery for kitten with heart defect
By Saunders, A B & Birch, S A·Published in Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology·2015·Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences and Michael E. DeBakey Institute for Comparative Cardiovascular Sciences and Biomedical Devices, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Three-dimensional modeling of a patent ductus arteriosus in a cat.
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Plain-English summary
A 13-week-old male domestic Shorthair cat was diagnosed with a heart condition called patent ductus arteriosus, which caused a continuous heart murmur. The vet found that the cat's heart was enlarged and there were some unusual features in the blood vessels. To prepare for surgery to fix the problem, the vet used a special imaging technique called computed tomography angiography to create a detailed 3D model of the cat's heart and blood vessels. This model helped the surgical team plan the procedure more effectively.
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Abstract
A left-to-right shunting patent ductus arteriosus was diagnosed in a 13-week-old, 2.5 kg, male, domestic Shorthair cat with a continuous murmur. Echocardiographic abnormalities were identified, including: cardiomegaly, wide and presumably short ductal ampulla, and a large right branch pulmonary artery. When these findings were combined with the small patient size, additional imaging was considered prior to surgical ligation, and computed tomography angiography was preferred over standard angiography to provide multi-dimensional appreciation of the anatomy prior to surgery. The dataset from a computed tomography angiographic study performed prior to surgical ligation was used to create a three-dimensional model of the heart and great vessels. The rendered images accurately depicted the cardiac anatomy in situ, which can be utilized for surgical procedural planning and to enhance visuospatial understanding of the anatomy at all levels of training.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26776592/