Congenital Flashcards
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Q
What are causes for aortic aneurism in dogs, cats, horses, turkeys, people?
A
Dogs: spirocirca lupi, familial in leonberg breed, SAS- will also cause tortuous subclavian arteries
Horse: strongylus vulgaris
Turkeys: lipemia, hypertension
Human: hypertension, Marfan syndrome (fibrillin defect), ehlers-danlos (type 3 collagen defect)
