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J Vet Cardiol
; 21: 93-97, 2019 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30797449
ABSTRACT
A 10-week-old male intact mixed breed dog presented for evaluation of suspected right-sided congestive heart failure. Echocardiographic imaging revealed a perforate cor triatriatum dexter (CTD), along with pulmonary valve stenosis and tricuspid and mitral valve dysplasia. In typical CTD cases, there is unidirectional blood flow across the dividing membrane, from the caudal into the cranial right atrial chambers. Owing to right-sided pressure alterations caused by the concurrent valvar defects, color Doppler imaging demonstrated bidirectional flow across the CTD membrane.