Professional paper

Patent ductus arteriosus in dogs

Dunja Vlahović orcid.org/0000-0002-6598-4798 ; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivana Mihoković Buhin ; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Patent ductus arteriosus is one of the most common congenital heart diseases in dogs which can cause congestive heart failure in 70% of dogs affected if left untreated. It was found to be more common in females and many breeds can be affected, as well as mixed breed dogs. In dogs it has a polygenic inheritance pattern and results from hypoplasia or asimmetry of ductal smooth muscle and the presence of aorta-like elastic tissue in the ductus wall which prevents its closure. This article presents gross and histopathological findings of patent ductus arteriosus in a female, 7 month old Doberman dog necropsied in Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb.

Keywords

patent ductus arteriosus; congenital heart disease; congestive heart failure; dogs

Hrčak ID:

295151

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/295151

Publication date:

15.3.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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