Primary infundibular stenosis and pedigree analysis in three Golden Retriever littermates

J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 2012 Jan-Feb;48(1):50-3. doi: 10.5326/JAAHA-MS-5654. Epub 2011 Dec 20.

Abstract

Three eight-week-old Golden Retriever puppy littermates were evaluated because of left basilar systolic murmurs and were diagnosed with primary infundibular stenosis. Pedigree analysis in this line was also performed to identify a mode of inheritance. All dogs were asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis; two of the three had congenital lesions in addition to primary infundibular stenosis. Two additional affected dogs were identified in the line, and pedigree analysis suggested an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. Another, unrelated golden retriever was also identified with isolated infundibular stenosis in the record database. Primary infundibular stenosis should be considered in the differential diagnoses for golden retriever dogs with a left basilar systolic murmur, and is often associated with complex congenital cardiac disease. Primary infundibular stenosis may worsen in severity with time, and in this line of dogs an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance is likely.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Breeding*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dog Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Dog Diseases / genetics
  • Dogs
  • Echocardiography / veterinary
  • Female
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Subvalvular Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Subvalvular Stenosis / genetics
  • Pulmonary Subvalvular Stenosis / veterinary*