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Congenital heart disease
- Authors: Mike Martin and Joanna Dukes-McEwan
- From: BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Cardiorespiratory Medicine
- Item: Chapter 26, pp 237 - 253
- DOI: 10.22233/9781905319534.26
- Copyright: © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
- Publication Date: March 2010
Abstract
The vast majority of animals with congenital heart disease present with an audible murmur; thus, auscultation is the initial key diagnostic test. Nearly all congenital defects have a systolic murmur - except most notably a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), which has a characteristic continuous murmur. However, some rare defects may have no murmur, such as a reversed/balanced shunt. Recent reviews of congenital heart disease are available. In very young puppies and kittens, flow murmurs are common. They are difficult to differentiate from a congenital defect on auscultation alone and thus create a diagnostic dilemma for the clinician when a murmur is discovered, and cause problems on how best to advise the owner. Murmurs in puppies and kittens; Patent ductus arteriosus; Aortic stenosis; Pulmonic stenosis; Ventricular septal defect; Mitral dysplasia; Atrial septal defect; Tricuspid dysplasia; Tetralogy of Fallot; Atrioventricular septal defect; Cor triatriatum dexter; Cor triatriatum sinister (CTS) and supravalvular mitral stenosis (SMS); and Other congenital defects are discussed.
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