title: Open-heart correction of tetralogy of Fallot in an acyanotic dog.
abstract: Tetralogy of Fallot was diagnosed in an acyanotic 11-month-old dog. Predicted pressure gradient across the pulmonic valve, as assessed by use of continuous wave Doppler echocardiography, was 94.5 mm Hg. Bidirectional shunting was identified by means of selective angiography. Open-heart correction was performed, using a transatrial approach with limited ventriculotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass. The hypertrophied infundibulum was resected, the ventricular septal defect was closed primarily, and a transannular pericardial patch graft was applied. Pressure gradients across the pulmonic valve were 52.9 and 22.8 mm Hg 2 weeks and 4 months after surgery, respectively. Advances in cardiopulmonary bypass, anesthetic management, and use of the transatrial approach may improve the success of open-heart correction of tetralogy of Fallot in dogs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Anesthesiology, Radiology, and Surgery, Royal University Hospital, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Lew
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Rosin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002314:Cardioplegic Solutions / Q000737:chemistry; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000662:veterinary; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000662:veterinary; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D002314:Cardioplegic Solutions