pericard.tamponade and arritmia
Dear All, This is an 8 year old dog-( a really kind one!)- where severe pericard tamponade without arritmia was noted for 1 month. I punctioned the pericardium, and removed 3 dl blood ( the dog is small sized). The cytology found possible carcinoma, but with low ( 60%) specificity. The dog received 2 weeks…
endocarditis?
Dear All, This is a young dog with mild hyperthermia, normal haematology and biochem. values. The dog had fever, and a mild cough for 2 weeks- received antibiotics, and now came to me to check his heart. Normal left-right ventricle volumes, and normal wall thickness, normal Ao/LV ratio. But i have seen serious regurgitation at…
More video to shunt pathology
Dear EL, Thank You the answer-Could You pllease look at this video also for searching the same shunt? I could follow that red vessel into the v cava. If You could please look at the following video- i can see a.coeliaca, a mesenterica cranialis leaving the aorta- then a vessel enters into the v cava-then…
shunt? which type?
This is another small breed dog- 2 years old, she has severe anorexia, ataxia, apathia, blood sugar low. BA test is pending I have found the v cava very enlarged, and a large red vessel is running to it from the side of the aorta.( Diamterer is aprox.3,7 mm) The v. oprtae gives a blue…
Portal nodule
Dear All, I have a 10 year old dog patient, with severe cushingoid symptomps ( PU, PD, hyperpigmentation of the skin, bilateral alopecia), T4 is normal. Elevated liver enzymes- but not elevated ALKP I found both adrenal normal shape and size, but i have also found a mass next to the portal vein and the…
Ascites and endocardiosis
Dear All, Benny is a 10 year old beagle patient with right sided heart failure. He already has mild ascites and dilatated v. cava. He also has mitral prolapse, mitral endocardiosis, dilatated left atrium and left sided volume overload. No pulmonal oedema yet. MR yet: 5,5 m/s-which fills the complete left atrium, Aorta ok, TR…
shunt
Dear All, I have a 1 year old dobermann patient- with severe hepatic enzyme elevation. I could see a 3 times bigger v cava-compared to the aorta, a small liver, also turbulence in the v cava. I think this shunt is extrahepatic- maybe gastro-caval ( i could see with color a huge red vessel caudal…
Cardiac anomaly?
-10 years old golden retriever, with splenic neoplasia, severe anaemia ( hct 24) -preoperative us show normal cardiac function-just tachycardia ( i think because of the anaemia) -i noticed in B mode a hiatus between the aortic semilunar and the tricuspid valve-I could not define a yet with doppler. -do You think there is a…
Maine coon controll
This is the controll of the cat, Stuki( after 2 weeks furosemide) The pericardial effusion has nearly wanished, the pleural effusion also. Culture negative. Corona negative. -i have never seen in the liver such a congestion ( the bloood flow is so low-that i can see the cells turbulating in the liver) The ascites is…
Congenital disease
Hello, I need Your help please in this case. I have never seen such vascular malformation before. The cat is a maine coon- 8 month old cat with severe ascites, pleural effusion, and mild pericardial effusion. The effusion contains only lymphocytes-and is a milky modified transsudatum ( lymph). Blood work wnl. There is no tricuspid…