Multiple congenital cardiovascular defects including type IV persistent truncus arteriosus in a Shetland pony - Short
Marian Taulescu1, Chiara Palmieri2, Joshua Leach3
1Pathology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , 3-5 Calea Mãnãştur, 400372 Cluj-Napoca , Romania.
Acta Veterinaria Hungarica
|September 23, 2016
Abstract:
This case report describes the pathological findings of multiple congenital cardiac defects in a 2-year-old female Shetland pony with clinical signs of chronic respiratory distress. Persistent truncus arteriosus (PTA) type IV, interventricular septal defect, overriding aorta, pulmonary trunk agenesis, pulmonary arteries arising from the descending aorta, and compensatory right ventricular hypertrophy were observed.


