Persistent truncus arteriosus and patent foramen ovale in a Simmentaler x Braunvieh calf.
A Simmentaler x Braunvieh calf had been anorexic during its first 36 hours of life, had a loud heart murmur and was suspected to have pneumonia. In the light of the results of radiographic and echocardiographic examinations, right heart catheterisation and angiography, a diagnosis of persistent truncus arteriosus and patent foramen ovale was made. The diagnosis was confirmed on postmortem examination.
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Clinic for Large Animal Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterhurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
Gerspach
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Glaus
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Jenni
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D000792:Angiography / Q000662:veterinary; D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000662:veterinary; D002417:Cattle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*