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SAS in a Whippet

6 month old FE Whippet with murmur, no clinical symptoms
Moderate mitral and tricuspid regurgitation, suspect valvular dysplasia, also moderate subaortic stenosis (59mmHg)
There does not appear to be secondary remodelling except for right side of septum on m-mode view?
Do you think this interpretation is correct and what is the prognosis? I
I suspect that the subaortic stenosis will potentially worsen the mitral regurgitation and lead to progressive disease with risk of left sided congestive heart failure?

6 month old FE Whippet with murmur, no clinical symptoms
Moderate mitral and tricuspid regurgitation, suspect valvular dysplasia, also moderate subaortic stenosis (59mmHg)
There does not appear to be secondary remodelling except for right side of septum on m-mode view?
Do you think this interpretation is correct and what is the prognosis? I
I suspect that the subaortic stenosis will potentially worsen the mitral regurgitation and lead to progressive disease with risk of left sided congestive heart failure?
I have recommended repeat scan in 6 months
Any comments welcome!

Comments

Peter

January 17, 2019 at 1:56 pm -

Hi!
Some degree of mitral

Hi!

Some degree of mitral dysplasia is frequently associated with SAS. And it causes a so-called afterload-mismatch (high afterload by LVOT, low afterload through mitral valve. This worsens prognosis because there is more stress on the mitral valve, as you said. Still, I would never be sure in these guys. Sometimes you don’t find much of a change over the years.

A re-scan in 6 months is completely ok

Peter

veteurope1

January 17, 2019 at 1:59 pm -

Thanks Peter.

Thanks Peter.

veteurope1

January 17, 2019 at 2:00 pm -

Thanks Peter.

Thanks Peter.