Pectus excavatum in a Shih Tzu puppy

dc.contributor.author	Gifford, Angela
dc.date.accessioned	2009-05-19T19:10:34Z
dc.date.available	2009-05-19T19:10:34Z
dc.date.issued	2009-04-15
dc.description.abstract	Pectus excavatum is a rare congenital malformation which occurs in humans and many domestic animal species. This case report documents an atypical presentation of pectus excavatum in a dog in which right ventricular outflow obstruction was present. Cardiovascular compromise has been documented in humans with pectus excavatum, however, to our knowledge, there is only one report of cardiovascular abnormalities associated with pectus excavatum a dog. Pectus excavatum in the dog of the present reportwas treated with sternal splint placement. Sternal sutures were passed in a manner that best allowed for the avoidance of cardiac laceration through a caudal to cranial placement of sutures with ventral retraction of the sternum. The patient became clinically normal after treatment. No signs of pectus excavatum were evident on post-splinting radiographs and follow up echocardiogram revealed no cardiac abnormalities.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/12762
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Senior seminar paper	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Seminar SF610.1 2009 G54	en_US
dc.subject	Dogs -- Diseases -- Case studies	en_US
dc.title	Pectus excavatum in a Shih Tzu puppy	en_US
dc.type	term paper	en_US