Author(s) :
Cobb, M.
;
Ingram, B.
;
Brower, A.
Author Affiliation :
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nottinghamm, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK.
Author Email :
malcolm.cobb@nottingham.ac.uk
Journal article
:
Veterinary Record Case Reports
2014
Vol.2
No.1
pp.e000027
ref.7
Abstract :
A four-year-old female English springer spaniel presented following an episode of weakness at home. On examination, the heart rate was very rapid and irregular, the pulses weak, and there were pulse deficits. An ECG showed a wide complex
tachycardiatachycardiaSubject Category: Diseases, Disorders, and Symptoms
see more details, and
echocardiographyechocardiographySubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details showed eccentric left ventricular dilatation and poor systolic function, serum troponin level was elevated. A presumptive
diagnosisdiagnosisSubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details of
myocarditismyocarditisSubject Category: Diseases, Disorders, and Symptoms
see more details or dilated
cardiomyopathycardiomyopathySubject Category: Diseases, Disorders, and Symptoms
see more details was made and the dog had a good initial response to treatment with mexiletine and later sotalol. Fifteen weeks later the dog developed respiratory difficulty, and a diffuse, nodular, interstitial lung pattern was evident throughout the lung fields on thoracic radiographs, and the owners elected to have the dog euthanased. On postmortem examination, a diagnosis of disseminated histiocytic
sarcomasarcomaSubject Category: Diseases, Disorders, and Symptoms
see more details was made, with lesions found most extensively in the heart. Infiltrative myocardial disease should be considered as a potential diagnosis in patients with unexplained structural cardiac disease.
ISSN :
2 0 5 2 - 6 1 2 1
DOI :
10.1136/vetreccr-2013-000027
Record Number :
20153138128
Publisher :
BMJ Publishing Group
Location of publication :
London
Country of publication :
UK
Language of text :
English
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