Right sided congestive heart failure secondary to severe tricuspid dysplasia

dc.contributor.author	Morrow, Christine
dc.date.accessioned	2010-07-21T22:28:54Z
dc.date.available	2010-07-21T22:28:54Z
dc.date.issued	2010-03-10
dc.description.abstract	This case study examines the diagnosis, treatment, and complications associated with right-sided heart failure secondary to severe tricuspid dysplasia in a 4.5 year old intact female American Bulldog. She presented after a one week history of abdominal distension, inappetance, severe weight loss, and an rDVM reported arrhythmia. On presentation she was bright and alert but severely cachexic with an orthopneic stance. After our initial physical exam the patient’s problem list included cachexia (BCS 2/9), orthopnea, abdominal distension, tachycardia, an irregularly irregular rhythm, grade II/VI bilateral systolic heart murmurs, and weak, varying intensity pulses. By implementing diagnostic tools such as routine blood work, echocardiogram, electrocardiogram, and abdominocentesis we were able to work though the differentials for the patient’s condition and establish a diagnosis. A palliative therapeutic plan was then developed which the patient responded to favorably.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/15237
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Senior seminar paper
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Seminar SF610.1 2010
dc.subject	Dogs -- Diseases -- Case studies	en_US
dc.title	Right sided congestive heart failure secondary to severe tricuspid dysplasia	en_US
dc.type	term paper	en_US