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Infective aortic valve endocarditis in a cat with patent ductus arteriosus and perimembranous ventricular septal defect
- Source :
- Journal of Veterinary Cardiology. 31:30-35
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2020.
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Abstract
- A 3-year-old, male neutered, domestic short-haired cat presented for evaluation of respiratory distress. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a left-to-right shunting ventricular septal defect, a left-to-right shunting patent ductus arteriosus, and a vegetative growth on the aortic valve leaflet consistent with aortic valve endocarditis. Because of poor response to therapy, the owner elected euthanasia, and a necropsy was performed. Gross necropsy examination confirmed the congenital cardiac defects, and aortic valve endocarditis was noted on the echocardiogram. Histopathological examination revealed diffuse interstitial pneumonia and evidence for systemic septic embolism including renal infarcts and brain microabscesses. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case report of aortic valve endocarditis in a cat in association with congenital cardiac malformations.
- Subjects :
- Aortic valve
medicine.medical_specialty
040301 veterinary sciences
Physiology
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
0403 veterinary science
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Ductus arteriosus
Internal medicine
medicine
cardiovascular diseases
Septic embolism
General Veterinary
Respiratory distress
business.industry
Aortic valve endocarditis
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
medicine.disease
Shunting
Pneumonia
medicine.anatomical_structure
Embolism
cardiovascular system
Cardiology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17602734
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Veterinary Cardiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........af327ae56db10acfcd02ef31bec3048e