Congenital Heart Disease Flashcards
What are the 3 most common congenital heart diseases in dogs?
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) Subaortic stenosis (SAS) Pulmonic stenosis (PS)
What are the 3 most common congenital heart disease in cats?
Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
Tricuspid valve dysplasia (TVD)
Mitral valve dysplasia (MVD)
What is a patent ductus arteriosus?
Ductus arteriosus patent after birth
Blood flows from the aorta to pulmonary artery
Patent ductus arteriosus results in a ___________ overload to the _____ side of the heart
Volume; left
What type of hypertrophy would you expect in a patent ductus arteriosus?
Eccentric - volume overload
What breeds are predisposed to PDA?
Bichon Chihuahua Poodle GSD Corgi Shetland sheepdog
T/F: PDA is more commonly see in males rather than females
False
Female>male
Continuous heart murmur with PMI at bases
High grade
Heart rate normal to high
Bounding femoral pulse
Asymptomatic
PDA
If PDA results in CHF, what clinical signs will you see?
Exercise intolerance Tachypnea Cough Dyspnea Syncope
Abnormal lung sounds
How can you definitively diagnose PDA?
Echocardiography
-turbulent blood flow
What is the treatment of PDA?
Curable by surgical ligation/trans catheter occlusion
Both procedures require specialists
Transcatheter occulsion is minimally invasive
What is reversed PDA??
Right (deoxygenated) to left (oxygenated blood) shunt
Occurs secondary to severe pulmonary hypertension (PA > aortic pressure)
Reversed PDA can result in??
Hypoxemia and polycythemia
Often symptomatic and have differential cyanosis (cranial or caudal depending on if it joins before or after the subclavian arteries
T/F: reversed PDA s correctable by ligation or occlusion similar to a left-right PDA
False
Non correctable
How are reversed PDAs managed?
Exercise restriction
Phlebotomy
Bone marrow suppression drugs (hydroxyurea)
What disease has subvalvular fibrosis
Subaortic stenosis (SAS) -nodule/ridge/ring/tunnel
Not always congenital
How does subaortic stenosis affect bloodflow?
Obstructs blood as it flows from the LV to the aorta
-LV must generate higher pressure to maintain cardiac output
SAS results in ________ overload to the _____ side of the heart
Pressure; left
What type of hypertrophy would you expect in SAS?
Concentric -pressure overload
What is the signalment for SAS?
Dog> cat
Large and giant breed
-golden, Newfoundland, Rottweiler, GSD, boxer
Dog Left basilar systolic murmur Med grade Heart rate normal to high Weak femoral pulse
Asymptomatic
SAS
If CHF develops -> abnormal lung sounds, tachypnea, and dyspnea
How can you definatively diagnose SAS?
Echocardiography
Severity of a SAS can be determined how?
Continuous wave Doppler
Used to measure velocity of blood as it is ejected out of LV
Estimated pressure gradient (PG)=4 x velocity^2
Mild if PG < 40mmHg
Moderate 41-80mmHg
Severe > 80mmHg
Dogs with SAS can develop what potentially fatal arrhythmia?
Ventricular arrhythmia
How is SAS treated?? What patients would be indicated?
No curative treatment
Atenolol (b blocker) can decrease myocardial O2 demand, improve perfusion, and prevent ventricular arrhythmia
—> moderately/severely affected dogs
Balloon valvulopasty
SAS is a risk factor for ____________
Endocarditis
—> patients with SAS should receive antibiotics for any potentially bacteremic episode
High velocity can damage endothelium
What is valvular pulmonic stenosis?
Markedly thickened cusps due to dysplasia +/- commissural fusion or annular hypoplasia
How does pulmonic stenosis affect blood flow?
Obstructs blood as it flows from the right ventricle to the main pulmonary artery
—> RV must generate higher pressure to maintain cardiac output
PS results in _________ overload to the _______ side of the heart
Pressure; right
What type of hypertrophy do you expect in pulmonic stenosis ?
Concentric - pressure overload