title: Partial right ventriculectomy using the incised patch technique to treat double chambered right ventricle and chylothorax in a cat.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report successful surgical treatment of double chambered right ventricle (DCRV) in a cat.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cat with DCRV.
  
  
  METHODS
  DCRV was diagnosed in a 5-month-old male Maine Coon cat using echocardiography and angiocardiography. At 2 years, despite medical therapy, chylothorax developed. A section of the right ventricular free wall that spanned the fibromuscular obstruction was excised under total venous inflow occlusion (TVIO) using the incised pericardial patch technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Short-term recovery was complicated by return of chylothorax but this resolved after thoracocentesis and diuretic therapy. Three years after surgery, the cat is free of clinical signs and no longer on any medical therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Partial right ventriculectomy can be performed under TVIO through an incised pericardial patch.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  DCRV in cat can be successfully treated by partial right ventriculectomy performed under TVIO through an incised pericardial patch.
authors: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, North Mymms, UK. djbrock@rvc.ac.uk
authors: Daniel J
authors: DJ
authors: Brockman
authors: Kate E
authors: KE
authors: Borer
authors: Stephen J
authors: SJ
authors: Baines
authors: Dez
authors: D
authors: Hughes
authors: Virginia
authors: V
authors: Luis Fuentes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male