Percutaneous transcatheter coil embolization of a ventricular septal defect in a dog

J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2005 Jan 1;226(1):69-72, 52-3. doi: 10.2460/javma.2005.226.69.

Abstract

A 4-month-old male French Bulldog weighing 5.0 kg (11 lb) was referred for a heart murmur. A grade 3/6 systolic murmur was detected at the left heart base and a grade 4/6 systolic murmur was detected at the right heart base. By use of color-flow Doppler ultrasonography and cardiac catheterization, a diagnosis of supracristal ventricular septal defect (VSD) with accompanying aortic regurgitation was made. Percutaneous transcatheter coil embolization was used to close the VSD. Because residual shunt was detected via echocardiography after coil implantation, the residual shunt was followed periodically via echocardiography to detect spontaneous closure of the VSD. Volume overload in the left ventricle was detected in the dog 131 days after admission. Additional coils were placed 137 days after admission. Hemolysis resulting in hemoglobinuria was detected, but this complication was mild. In the dog of this report, results of coil occlusion for correction of VSD were promising. Thus, coil occlusion should be considered as an alternative treatment for VSD in dogs.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / veterinary
  • Dog Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Dog Diseases / therapy*
  • Dogs
  • Echocardiography, Doppler / veterinary
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / veterinary*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / therapy
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / veterinary*
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Treatment Outcome