Key result
A 4-year-old male fox terrier with a cardiac myxoma developed severe left ventricular inflow tract obstruction and was euthanized 11 months after diagnosis due to recurrent congestive heart failure.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report provides the first description of a left ventricular inflow tract obstruction secondary to a myxoma in a dog.
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Alerts clinicians to possible LV inflow obstruction in canine myxoma; extends sparse veterinary literature but remains hypothesis-generating.
Palacio et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Left ventricular inflow tract obstruction secondary to a myxoma (n=1). Cardiac myxoma was evaluated. A 4-year-old male fox terrier with a cardiac myxoma developed severe left ventricular inflow tract obstruction and was euthanized 11 months after diagnosis due to recurrent congestive heart failure.
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