Doppler echocardiographic description of double-inlet left ventricle in an Arabian horse

Journal of Veterinary Cardiology : the Official Journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology
Cassidy D SedaccaJune Boon

Abstract

Univentricular atrioventricular (AV) connections are rare and complex congenital cardiac anomalies in which both AV valves communicate into a large, common (single) receiving chamber. The common chamber can be of left, right, or mixed ventricular morphology. Although well documented in people, reports of the double-inlet ventricle malformation are rare in the veterinary literature. This report provides description of an Arabian horse with a double-inlet univentricular connection of left ventricular type, a hypoplastic subpulmonary right ventricle, two muscular ventricular septal defects, and a stenotic mitral valve. Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography enabled antemortem diagnosis, and provided an assessment of intracardiac hemodynamics. The findings indicate that Doppler echocardiography is a useful, noninvasive tool for evaluating equine patients with congenital univentricular AV connections, such as a double-inlet left ventricle.

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Nov 28, 2015·The Veterinary Clinics of North America. Equine Practice·Celia M Marr
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