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A congenital angiomatous cardiac anomaly caused congestive heart failure, respiratory distress, and cardiac arrhythmias in two West Highland white terrier puppies.
This report describes a rare cystic congenital cardiac anomaly causing heart failure in West Highland white terrier puppies.
Rare anomaly merits inclusion in differentials for pediatric canine CHF; leaves open questions of heritability and screening in West Highland white terriers.
The paper describes the clinical and pathological characteristics of an unusual cystic congenital cardiac anomaly that caused clinical signs of congestive heart failure, respiratory distress and cardiac arrhythmias in two West Highland white terrier puppies. In both dogs a definitive diagnosis was made postmortem.
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Kovačević et al. (2007) studied this question. A congenital angiomatous cardiac anomaly caused congestive heart failure, respiratory distress, and cardiac arrhythmias in two West Highland white terrier puppies.
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