Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Kitten with heart valve damage after fall from height
By Closa, J M & Font, A·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·1999·Hospital Ars Veterinaria, Spain·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Traumatic tricuspid insufficiency in a kitten.
- Species:
- cat
Plain-English summary
A four-month-old male kitten developed fluid buildup in his chest and abdomen after falling from a fourth-floor flat. Tests showed that he had a problem with the tricuspid valve in his heart, which was likely caused by damage from the fall. Unfortunately, the kitten did not survive, and a necropsy confirmed that the valve issue was due to a rupture in the heart's structure.
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Abstract
A four-month-old, male, common European kitten developed pleural effusion and ascites after falling from a fourth-floor flat. Radiographic, bidimensional echocardiography and color-flow Doppler findings were compatible with right-sided atrioventricular valve insufficiency. Necropsy confirmed the diagnosis that tricuspid insufficiency resulted from the rupture of the chordae tendineae of the nonseptal cusp of the valve at the level of the cranial papillary muscle insertion in the right ventricle.
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