Right ventricular outflow obstruction caused by primary cardiac neoplasia. Clinical features in two dogs

J Vet Intern Med. 1990 Jan-Feb;4(1):12-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.1990.tb00869.x.

Abstract

Obstruction to pulmonary blood flow as a result of neoplasia in the right ventricular outflow tract is described in two dogs. Whereas one dog had exertional syncope and a systolic ejection murmur, the other had signs of congestive failure and hypoxia. In both animals the mass was detected in the right ventricle with two-dimensional echocardiography and confirmed angiographically. Although rare, primary right ventricular neoplasia represents a potentially treatable form of cardiac disease and should be considered as a cause of acquired outflow tract obstruction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiocardiography / veterinary
  • Animals
  • Choristoma / complications
  • Choristoma / veterinary
  • Dog Diseases / etiology*
  • Dogs
  • Echocardiography / veterinary
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications
  • Heart Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Myxoma / complications
  • Myxoma / veterinary
  • Thyroid Gland
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / etiology
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / veterinary*