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Congenital heart defect

Sonopath Forum

Sonopath Forum

Congenital heart defect

6 month old Newfoundland

-loud murmur

-recent onset of cough

-mitral regurgitation with increased LA:Ao

-aortic insufficiency and stenosis

-turbulence in the pulmonary artery, enlarged pulmonary artery. 

6 month old Newfoundland

-loud murmur

-recent onset of cough

-mitral regurgitation with increased LA:Ao

-aortic insufficiency and stenosis

-turbulence in the pulmonary artery, enlarged pulmonary artery. 

-normal tricuspid valve and right side of heart

I really want this to be a PDA but I’m not able to convince myself that I see continuous forward flow.  What am I missing?

 

Thanks!

 

 

Comments

EL
August 17, 2019 at 7:04 pm -

Looks like PDA and MR with

Looks like PDA and MR with LAE

smbrowndvm
August 18, 2019 at 12:46 am -

Great, that does make the

Great, that does make the most sense and what I figured, but I thought I had to see non-pulsatile flow through the PA.

Can you explain why my doppler over the pulmonary valve doesn’t show continuous positive flow? 

The ones I’ve seen before have a much less pulsatile-appearing flow.  Does it vary by patient or is my positioning off?  I tried multiple views to get that continuous forward flow but maybe I’m looking at it wrong.

Thanks.

EL
August 18, 2019 at 4:32 pm -

I think its just about being

I think its just about being in the right sweet spot to get a clean holosystolic jet and thats beyond the PV prior to the pulmonary bifurcation for a pda. Peter is on vacation but im sure he can elaborate more eloquently than I when he gets back.

Check out Peter’s page in the about/specialists section as he has beautiful examples of every congenital defect and how to evidence them.

https://sonopath.com/about/specialists/peter-modler-dvm-dipl-tzt

and also search PDA in the archive or any congenital for that matter and this should help

https://sonopath.com/members/case-studies/search?text=pda&species=All

 

EL
August 18, 2019 at 4:36 pm -

& these are great questions

& these are great questions to ask Peter at our ECHO lecture/lab in October 18-20. We are down to the last 4 spots.

Peter is a fun lecturer and I have yet to see him stumped by anyone:)

https://sonopath.com/educationevents/2019-sonopath-sdep-veterinary-ultrasound-training-educationce-events

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