title: Persistent truncus arteriosus in a 6-year-old cat.
abstract: Truncus arteriosus (TA) was diagnosed in a 6-year-old neutered female domestic short-haired cat by two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography, colour flow imaging and spectral Doppler examinations. The lesion was characterized by a single large artery originating from the right ventricle. A single ascending aorta and a single pulmonary trunk arose from the common arterial trunk. The residual pulmonary trunk immediately split into left and right branches. The lesion was identified as a type I (TA). This case is of interest because it is the first reported echo-Doppler description of such a malformation in felines, and because of the age of the cat at the time of diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Cardiologie, Service d'Urgence-Réanimation Vétérinaire d'Alfort, 7 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94-704 Maison-Alfort cedex, France.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Nicolle
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tessier-Vetzel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Begon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carlos Sampedrano
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pouchelon
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chetboul
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*