Volume 16
Issue 3
Veterinary Medicine
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
- A CASE REPORT, EJPAU 16(3), #06.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume16/issue3/abs-06.html
ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT OSTIUM PRIMUM TYPE IN A DOG
- A CASE REPORT
Urszula Paslawska, Agnieszka Noszczyk-Nowak, Alicja Cepiel, Maciej Staszczyk, Adrian Janiszewski
Department of Internal Diseases with Clinic for Horses, Dogs and Cats
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences
ABSTRACT
Atrial septal defects are a common congenital heart malformation in humans, but relatively rare in dogs. Boxers, Doberman pinchers, Old English Sheepdogs, and Samoyeds are the most predisposed breeds. The most frequent type of atrial septal defect is the ostium secundum (98,7%) with 73,7% of affected animals being asymptomatic. An ostium primum type has been reported more frequently in cats then dogs. This article presents a case of atrial septal defect of the ostium primum type in a dog.
Key words: dog, atrial septal defects, congenital heart defects, ostium primum.
Urszula Paslawska
Department of Internal Diseases with Clinic for Horses, Dogs and Cats
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences
47 Grunwaldzki sq.
50-366 Wroclaw, Poland
Phone: +48 71 320 53 67
email: urszula.paslawska@up.wroc.pl
Agnieszka Noszczyk-Nowak
Department of Internal Diseases with Clinic for Horses, Dogs and Cats
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences
47 Grunwaldzki sq.
50-366 Wroclaw, Poland
Phone: (+4871) 320 10 09
email: agnieszka.noszczy-nowak@up.wroc.pl
Alicja Cepiel
Department of Internal Diseases with Clinic for Horses, Dogs and Cats
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences
47 Grunwaldzki sq.
50-366 Wroclaw, Poland
Phone: +48 71 320 10 11
email: calicja@op.pl
Maciej Staszczyk
Department of Internal Diseases with Clinic for Horses, Dogs and Cats
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences
47 Grunwaldzki sq.
50-366 Wroclaw, Poland
Phone: +48 71 320 53 67
Adrian Janiszewski
Department of Internal Diseases with Clinic for Horses, Dogs and Cats
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences
47 Grunwaldzki sq.
50-366 Wroclaw, Poland
Phone: +48 71 320 10 11
email: ajanisz@gmail.com
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