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Ventricular septal defect and congestive heart failure in a common degu (Octodon degus)
- Source :
- Journal of exotic pet medicine, vol 31, iss C
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- eScholarship, University of California, 2019.
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Abstract
- We report a case of ventricular septal defect causing congestive heart failure in a two-year-old, male common degu (Octodon degus). The patient presented for anorexia and dental disease, and a grade 4/6 holosystolic cardiac murmur was detected on physical exam. Thoracic radiographs showed cardiomegaly and a diffuse interstitial pulmonary pattern, consistent with congestive heart failure. Echocardiography was supportive of a perimembranous ventricular septal defect exhibiting low-velocity left-to-right shunting, and biatrial enlargement. These diagnoses were confirmed on post-mortem exam, along with pulmonary edema and cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, degeneration, and regeneration. This is the first published account of a ventricular septal defect and congestive heart failure in a degu.
- Subjects :
- Congestive heart failure
medicine.medical_specialty
040301 veterinary sciences
Perimembranous ventricular septal defect
Cardiomyocyte hypertrophy
Anorexia
Ventricular septal defect
Cardiovascular
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Internal medicine
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cardiovascular diseases
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General Veterinary
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Degu
Pulmonary edema
medicine.disease
congenital heart disease
Octodon degus
Shunting
Heart Disease
Echocardiography
Heart failure
Cardiology
Physical exam
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- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of exotic pet medicine, vol 31, iss C
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e6f6837bd382ed2e3d5b9bea9f344207