Journal article
Case report - azygos vein drainage into the left atrium in a dog with cor triatriatum dexter and a patent foramen ovale.
- Dennler M Clinic of Diagnostic Imaging, From the Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: mdennler@vetclinics.uzh.ch.
- Matos JN Division of Cardiology, From the Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Gent TC Section of Anesthesiology, From the Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Knell S Section of Small Animal Surgery, From the Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Schertenleib TI Institute of Veterinary Pathology, From the Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Glaus TM Division of Cardiology, From the Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2019-11-21
Published in:
- Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology. - 2019
Cardiac CT
Cardiac MRI
Contrast echocardiography
Giant Eustachian valve
Animals
Azygos Vein
Dog Diseases
Dogs
Female
Foramen Ovale, Patent
English
A 2-year-old Airedale terrier was presented with exercise intolerance since birth and newly developed chylous pleural effusion. Imaging procedures including echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, and selective angiography revealed an aberrant connection of the azygos vein and the left atrium, a membrane in the right atrium consistent with cor triatriatum dexter, and a patent foramen ovale with right-to-left shunt. Balloon dilation of the membrane in the right atrium seemed to result in transient improvement of exercise tolerance compared with the previous 2 years. When chylothorax relapsed after three months, the dog was euthanized. Necropsy confirmed the azygos vein to left atrial connection, the patent foramen ovale, and the cor triatriatum dexter.
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- English
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- DOI 10.1016/j.jvc.2019.09.002
- PMID 31747625
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/191382
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