1. Unruptured right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in a Maltese dog: a case report
- Author
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Akiko Uemura, Ryousuke Namiki, Ryou Tanaka, Tomohiko Yoshida, Takashi Tanaka, Telma Mary Nakata, and Katsuhiro Matsuura
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Case Report ,sinus of Valsalva ,Aneurysm ,Internal medicine ,Rare case ,medicine ,cardiovascular diseases ,Right coronary cusp ,Sinus (anatomy) ,Cardiac catheterization ,General Veterinary ,business.industry ,Congenital heart defect ,medicine.disease ,ventricular septal defect ,Maltese dog ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,dog ,Heart murmur ,Cardiology ,cardiovascular system ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
A rare case of an unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) in a 2-month-old male Maltese terrier weighing 1.0 kg with a heart murmur is presented. A right SVA and a ventricular septal defect (VSD) were diagnosed by echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. The dog died due to a worsening of his condition. The necropsy revealed the sinus of Valsalva to have a diameter of 7 mm and a VSD hole was on the opposite surface. This report is the first to describe an unruptured SVA in the right coronary cusp of a small dog.
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- 2019