title: RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY AND SECONDARY CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IN A MCDOWELL'S CARPET PYTHON (MORELIA SPILOTA MCDOWELLI).
abstract: Echocardiography is an established and noninvasive diagnostic tool used in herpetologic cardiology. Various cardiac lesions have been previously described in reptiles with the exception of restrictive cardiomyopathy. In this case report, restrictive cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure associated with left atrial and sinus venosus dilation were diagnosed in a 2-yr-old captive lethargic McDowell's carpet python ( Morelia spilota mcdowelli), based on echocardiographic, Doppler, and histopathologic examinations. This cardiomyopathy was also associated with thrombosis within the sinus venosus.
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schilliger
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chetboul
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Damoiseaux
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nicolier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017821:Boidae; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Doppler examination; McDowell's carpet python; Morelia spilota mcdowelli; reptile; restrictive cardiomyopathy; valvular insufficiency