An Italian hound dog, female, 2 years old, with pulmonic valve stenosis was treated by balloon valvuloplasty. Transthoracic echocardiographic examination was carried out to make the diagnosis, to determine pulmonic annulus size, to calculate the dimensions of the balloon required for the treatment and to make a Doppler study of the trans-pulmonic blood flow before and after the balloon dilatation. Echocardiography was carried out also to evaluate the possibility to perform valvuloplasty in veterinary medicine solely under a non-invasive guidance and not under fluoroscopy, similarly to that was already observed in human medicine.
Valvuloplastica con palloncino ecoguidata in un cane affetto da stenosi polmonare.
FRUGANTI, Alessandro;
2008-01-01
Abstract
An Italian hound dog, female, 2 years old, with pulmonic valve stenosis was treated by balloon valvuloplasty. Transthoracic echocardiographic examination was carried out to make the diagnosis, to determine pulmonic annulus size, to calculate the dimensions of the balloon required for the treatment and to make a Doppler study of the trans-pulmonic blood flow before and after the balloon dilatation. Echocardiography was carried out also to evaluate the possibility to perform valvuloplasty in veterinary medicine solely under a non-invasive guidance and not under fluoroscopy, similarly to that was already observed in human medicine.File in questo prodotto:
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