Persistent ductus arteriosus ligation in a two-months-old cocker spaniel : A case report
This article reports the case of a two-months-old female cocker spaniel, who was taken to the Clinic for Small Animals at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, with a cough of six days of evolution, poor weight gain, and a history of heart murmur detected previously in a veterinary center. A medical...
| Autor Principal: | Escobar Correa, Ximena |
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| Otros Autores: | Galindo Zamora, Vladimir |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Universidad de La Salle. Revistas. Revista de Medicina Veterinaria.
2016
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http://revistas.lasalle.edu.co/index.php/mv/article/view/3859 |
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This article reports the case of a two-months-old female cocker spaniel, who was taken to the Clinic for Small Animals at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, with a cough of six days of evolution, poor weight gain, and a history of heart murmur detected previously in a veterinary center. A medical examination evidenced crackles in both lung fields, increased cough reflex, positive jugular pulse, a 6/6 heart murmur, and increased capillary refill time. Persistent ductus arteriosus was diagnosed by echocardiography; for this reason, ductus ligation was suggested as definitive treatment. The patient satisfactorily recovered from the surgical procedure without any complications; she presented postoperative cough that resolved within a few days with the help of a treatment with furosemide (2 mg/kg IM TID). Three months after the surgical procedure, the patient was clinically healthy, without any symptom of cardiac origin. |
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