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Two-dimensional and doppler echocardiographic evaluation in twenty-one healthy Python regius.
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Veterinary medicine and science [Vet Med Sci] 2021 May; Vol. 7 (3), pp. 1006-1014. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 23. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Echocardiographic evaluation is a diagnostic tool for the in vivo diagnosis of heart diseases. Specific and unique anatomical characteristics of the ophidian heart such as the single ventricular cavity, a tubular sinus venosus opening into the right atrium, the presence of three arterial trunks and extreme mobility in the coelomic cavity during the cardiac cycle directly affect echocardiographic examination. Twenty-one awake, healthy ball pythons (Python regius) were analysed based on guidelines for performing echocardiographic examinations. Imaging in the sagittal plane demonstrated the caudal vena cava, sinus venosus valve (SVV) and right atrium and the various portions of the ventricle, horizontal septum, left aortic arch and pulmonary artery. Transverse imaging depicted the spatial relationship of the left and right aortic arches, the pulmonary artery and the horizontal septum. Basic knowledge of cardiac blood flow in reptiles is necessary to understand the echocardiographic anatomy. The flow of the arterial trunks and SVV was analysed using pulsed-wave Doppler based on the approach used for humans and companion mammals. The walls and diameters of the cavum arteriosum, cavum venosum and cavum pulmonale were also evaluated. This study should improve the veterinarian's knowledge of ophidian heart basal physiology and contribute to the development of cardiology in reptiles.<br /> (© 2021 The Authors. Veterinary Medicine and Science Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2053-1095
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Veterinary medicine and science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33621445
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.426