Abstract
A 12-year-old spayed female miniature Poodle presented for coughing, respiratory distress, and anorexia. After thoracentesis for pleural effusion, radiography revealed an enlarged cardiac silhouette with a bulge in the area of the body of the right atrium. Echocardiography revealed an anechoic chamber-like cavity lateral to the right atrium that communicated with the right atrium through a 13 mm defect in the right atrial free wall. Contrast echocardiography and color flow Doppler were used to prove that the cavity communicated with the right atrium. The cavity was diagnosed as a giant right atrial diverticulum.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 879-883 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1 2017 |
Keywords
- Atrium
- Bubble
- Canine
- Diverticula
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- veterinary(all)