title: Congenital bicuspid aortic valve in an English bulldog.
abstract: A bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) demonstrating moderate valvular stenosis and mild insufficiency was identified in an asymptomatic 1-year-old male cryptorchid English bulldog by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. The BAV was most consistent with type 3 morphology, based upon human classification. Pulmonary valve dysplasia with mild pulmonary stenosis and a suspected persistent left cranial vena cava were also identified. Although BAV is the most common congenital cardiac malformation in humans, it is rare in the dog.
authors: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. visser.110@osu.edu
authors: Lance C
authors: LC
authors: Visser
authors: Brian A
authors: BA
authors: Scansen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D000082882:Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male