CONTRAST ECHOAORTOGRAPHY AS AN AID IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF RIGHT-TO-LEFT SHUNTING PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS |
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| Authors: | John-Karl Goodwin DVM Merrilee Holland DVM MS |
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| Affiliation: | Animal Health Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762. |
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| Abstract: | Contrast echocardiography has traditionally been used in conjunction with conventional echocardiography to document right-to-left intracardiac shunting congenital anomalies. This technique does not clearly demonstrate shunting of blood in patients with right-to-left patent ductus arteriosus, as the shunt is extracardiac. We used a variation of contrast echocardiography, contrast echoaortography, to confirm the presence of a right-to-left shunting patent ductus arteriosus in two dogs. |
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| Keywords: | contrast echocardiography contrast echoaortography patent ductus arteriosus canine |
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