Congenital heart diseases Flashcards
Most common congenital heart diseases in dogs
Pulmonic stenosis
Subarotic stenosis
Patent duct arteriosus
Most common congenital heart diseases in cats
Ventricular septal defect
Tricuspid dysplasia
Standard echocardiographic views
RPS long axis 4 chamber view
RPS long axis 5 chamber view (slightly rotated probe)
RPS short axis view at papillary muscle level (left atrial size and LA:Ao ratio)
RPS short axis view at heart base (to view pulmonary artery and check for stenosis)
Left apical 5 chamber view
MV/TV dysplasia murmur
Murmur more apical, close to the sternum
Soft sound
Congenital heart disease murmurs
MV/TV dysplasia
Pulmonic stenosis/aortic stenosis
PDA
Murmur of pulmonic stenosis/aortic stenosis
High in the chest
Quite a harsh sound
Murmur of PDA
Continuous murmur
During systole and diastole, a bit louder in systole
Even higher in the chest, in the axilla area
Pulmonary stenosis
Most common congenital heart disease
Common in boxers!, bulldogs, GSDs etc.
usually asymptomatic if murmur discovered early
Physical examination of pulmonic stenosis
Left-sided systolic heart murmur, PMI heart base
§ Murmur grade generally correlates with stenosis severity
Normal pulse quality
If right sided CHF
§ Distended jugular veins
§ Hepatomegaly
§ Ascites
Diagnosis of pulmonic stenosis
Thoracic radiographs
ECG
Echocardiography
Valvular stenosis (right ventricular outflow tract obstruction)
A type of pulmonic stenosis
Most common
Type A: pulmonic leaflet thickening and fusion (normal PA diameter)
Type B: pulmonic annular hypoplasia and markedly thickened leaflets
OR type A and B
Subvalvular/infundibular stenosis (right ventricular outflow tract obstruction)
Anomalous prepulmonic coronary artery
Two coronary arteries but one hole
Compression of coronary arteries
Dianosis of subvalvular/infudibular pulmonary stenosis
Echocardiography
Angiography
Treatment of subvalvular/infudibular pulmonary stenosis
NOT balloon valvuloplasty
Supravalve stenosis
Rare - 0.3% of cases
Mild pulmonary stenosis
PA Vmax <3.5m/s
PG <50mmHg