A six‐week‐old female kitten presented for severe pectus excavatum. Surgical correction was performed. One week later the kitten developed dyspnoea and a systolic murmur was detected on thoracic auscultation. Pulmonary oedema and cardiomegaly were identified radiographically, and a left to right intracardiac shunt was visualized using non‐selective angiocardiography. Clinical signs resolved spontaneously one month later. The kitten has been asymptomatic for 24 months.
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