title: Ventricular septal defect repair in a small dog using cross-circulation.
abstract: A haemodynamically significant ventricular septal defect was diagnosed in a 3-month-old male Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. A median sternotomy was performed and the 6.5 kg dog placed on cardiopulmonary bypass using pump-assisted cross-circulation. A 10 mm diameter peri-membranous ventricular septal defect was closed using a continuous suture of 4-0 polypropylene, via a 2.5 cm incision in the right ventricular outflow tract. The duration of cardiopulmonary bypass was 90 minutes. Complications in the immediate postoperative period were mild and easily managed.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Cardiovascular Unit, Sydney University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Sydney, New South Wales.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Bellenger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D003427:Cross Circulation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D004285:Dogs / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000662:veterinary