SHORT-TERM OUTCOME OF A DOG FOLLOWING SURGICAL CORRECTION OF THE PERSISTENT RIGHT AORTIC ARCH PATHOLOGY

  • V. E. Luca University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur, 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • C. Ober University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur, 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • J. Millgram Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel
  • Lucia Bel University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur, 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Sidonia Bogdan University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur, 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • C. Peștean University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur, 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Bianca Matosz University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur, 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • L. Oana University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur, 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Keywords: dog, outcome, pathology, right aortic arch

Abstract

A 1,8 year-old, 13 kg intact male Boxer was referred for evaluation of a persistent right aortic arch with concurrent megaesophagus. Contrast radiography of the oesophagus revealed contrast material accumulating in the oesophagus at the thoracic inlet and cranial to the heart. An ultrasound was performed to rule out any heart pathology. Surgical correction of the vascular ring anomaly (VRA) was performed. Four weeks after surgery, the dog was eating soft dog food with no vomiting or regurgitation.
Published
2017-07-05
Section
Research articles