Aortic sinus aneurysm communicating with the main pulmonary artery, and a concurrent patent ductus arteriosus, in a dog

J Small Anim Pract. 2021 Apr;62(4):300-304. doi: 10.1111/jsap.13103. Epub 2020 Jan 13.

Abstract

This is the first report of an aortic sinus aneurysm with a communication to the main pulmonary artery, resulting in left-to-right shunting, diagnosed in vivo in a dog. There was also a second left-to-right shunt through a patent ductus arteriosus. Computed tomography (CT) angiography was used to confirm both congenital anomalies and assess the relative contributions of the two left-to-right shunts to left-sided volume overload.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm* / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm* / veterinary
  • Animals
  • Dog Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
  • Dogs
  • Ductus Arteriosus, Patent* / diagnostic imaging
  • Ductus Arteriosus, Patent* / veterinary
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Sinus of Valsalva*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / veterinary