This case report describes a rare combination of congenital cardiac anomalies and idiopathic thoracic aortitis in a horse, contributing to compromised cardiovascular homeostasis.
Alerts equine clinicians to possible coexistence of shunts and aortitis; extends sparse case reports but leaves association hypothesis-generating.
An echocardiographical and clinical pathological investigation of the rapid loss of weight by a yearling thoroughbred filly revealed an atrial septal defect, a ventricular septal defect and hyperfibrinogenaemia. A post mortem examination confirmed the cardiac abnormalities and revealed a severe thoracic aortitis. It is proposed that the idiopathic thoracic aortitis contributed to the horse's compromised cardiovascular homoeostasis.
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