Echocardiographic diagnosis of transposition of the great arteries in a neonatal foal.
The clinical and echocardiographic findings in a 19-h-old female foal with a ventricular septal defect, patent foramen ovale, patent ductus arteriosus, and complete transpositon of the great vessels are described. Clinical signs were suggestive of complex congenital heart disease and echocardiography of the foal allowed definitive diagnosis prior to postmortem.
Sleeper
Meg M
MM
Department of Clinical Studies, University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, 382 West Street Road, Kennett Square, Philadelphia PA 19348-1692, USA. sleeper@vet.upenn.edu
Palmer
Jonathan E
JE
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006736:Horses; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*