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Kafkas Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi
2018 , Vol 24 , Issue 6
Utility of Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot in a Dog
1Internal Medicine Department, Animal Teaching Hospital, The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Uludag, TR-16059 Bursa - TURKEY2Surgery Department, Animal Teaching Hospital, The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Uludag, TR-16059 Bursa - TURKEY
3Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Medical Faculty, Uludağ University, TR-16059 Bursa - TURKEY DOI : 10.9775/kvfd.2018.20756 Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) is an uncommon complex congenital cardiac defect in dogs and cats. Its incidence in dogs has been reported to be 0.0025% [1,2]. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) can be valuable in diagnosis and accurate study of complex congenital heart defects in human medicine, but there is limited data on this subject in veterinary medicine [3]. Thus, we reported here utulity of TEE compared with trans-thoracic echocardiography (TTE) for the diagnosis of ToF in a dog. Keywords : Transesophageal Echocardiography, Tetralogy of Fallot