Two-dimensional echocardiography can successfully detect an intact aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva in a horse.
May support echocardiography for detecting sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in horses; hypothesis-generating from single case report.
Two-dimensional real-time echocardiographic examination of a 3-year-old Thoroughbred gelding with pleuropneumonia revealed an intact aneurysm of the right sinus of Valsalva, which was confirmed at postmortem examination. The horse had no clinical signs associated with the aneurysm.
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