Diagnostic Steps of a Cat with Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Meriç KOCATÜRK; Ahmet SARIL; Canan ALTINCI; Hakan SALCI; Zeki YILMAZ

doi:10.9775/kvfd.2018.20140

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Kafkas Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 2018 , Vol 24 , Issue 4

Diagnostic Steps of a Cat with Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Meriç KOCATÜRK¹, Ahmet SARIL¹, Canan ALTINCI², Hakan SALCI², Zeki YILMAZ¹

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Uludag University, TR-16059 Bursa - TURKEY
²Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Uludag University, TR-16059 Bursa - TURKEY DOI : 10.9775/kvfd.2018.20140 Dear Editor, Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), a fetal blood vessel between pulmonary artery and aorta that has to be closed in hours right after birth triggered by first breath of life, may result life threatening heart failure or even sudden death depend on size of the ductus [1]. PDA has been reported as a most common congenital heart defect in dogs and cats, however there is limited information on diagnostic procedure of PDA by use of three-dimensional computed tomography angiography (3D-CTA) in cats [1,2]. Thus, we report here the use of 3D-CTA to confirm the clinical diagnosis of PDA in a kitten. Keywords :

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