Heart failure in two West Highland white terriers caused by congenital angiomatous cardiac anomaly.
The paper describes the clinical and pathological characteristics of an unusual cystic congenital cardiac anomaly that caused clinical signs of congestive heart failure, respiratory distress and cardiac arrhythmias in two West Highland white terrier puppies. In both dogs a definitive diagnosis was made postmortem.
Division of Small Animal Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty of University of Bern, Länggasse-Strasse 128, 3001 Bern, Switzerland.
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Kovacevic
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Little
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Lombard
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Schöniger
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Pirie
D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree