| Abstract: | Case 1 involved a 4-month-old intact male Somali cat in which peripheral pulmonary artery
stenosis (PPS) was recognized after a cardiac murmur remained following patent ductus
arteriosus ligation. Case 2, which involved a 1-year-old neutered male Norwegian Forest
cat, and Case 3, which involved a 6-month-old intact female American Curl cat, were
referred, because of cardiac murmurs. Grades III to IV/VI systolic heart murmurs were
auscultated at the left heart base in all 3 cats. All cases showed bilateral pulmonary
artery stenosis, although there were no associated clinical signs. In Cases 1 and 2, the
pressure gradient through the stenosis decreased after treatment with atenolol. |
