Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2400173 | Journal of Veterinary Cardiology | 2012 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
A 7-month-old, sexually intact male English toy spaniel weighing 4 kg was referred for evaluation of a subclinical cardiac murmur. Echocardiography disclosed fixed left ventricular outflow tract obstruction that was caused by attachment of a cleft anterior mitral valve leaflet to the interventricular septum. Neither atrial nor ventricular septal defects were detected. Fixed obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract by a malformed mitral valve is rare in human beings and has not been previously reported in the dog.
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Authors
Cristiane Otoni, Jonathan A. Abbott,