Ventricular septal defect repair in a small dog using cross-circulation

Aust Vet J. 1995 Oct;72(10):379-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1995.tb06175.x.

Abstract

A haemodynamically significant ventricular septal defect was diagnosed in a 3-month-old male Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. A median sternotomy was performed and the 6.5 kg dog placed on cardiopulmonary bypass using pump-assisted cross-circulation. A 10 mm diameter peri-membranous ventricular septal defect was closed using a continuous suture of 4-0 polypropylene, via a 2.5 cm incision in the right ventricular outflow tract. The duration of cardiopulmonary bypass was 90 minutes. Complications in the immediate postoperative period were mild and easily managed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass / methods
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass / veterinary*
  • Cross Circulation / methods
  • Cross Circulation / veterinary*
  • Dogs / abnormalities*
  • Dogs / surgery
  • Echocardiography / veterinary
  • Heart / physiopathology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / physiopathology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / veterinary*
  • Hemodynamics / physiology
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / veterinary