title: Acyanotic tetralogy of Fallot in a Persian cat.
abstract: An 8-year-old, intact male Persian cat was presented with a prominent heart murmur, exercise intolerance, anorexia, and periodontitis. There was no cyanosis and no laboratory evidence for systemic hypoxemia. Echocardiography showed a dextropositioned aorta, moderate pulmonic stenosis (maximal velocity 4.06 m/s), ventricular septal defect, and right ventricular hypertrophy. The shunt direction was predominantly left-to-right in systole and minimally right-to-left in diastole. The cat was diagnosed with acyanotic (pink) tetralogy of Fallot and was managed medically with atenolol.
authors.affiliation: Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 201-100, South Korea.
authors.forename: Won-Jin
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 201-100, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.affiliation: Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 201-100, South Korea.
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 201-100, South Korea.
authors.forename: Changbaig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hyun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography / Q000662:veterinary; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*