Abstract |
In a 14-year study of calves with cardiac defects, 36 had 78 congenital cardiac defects: ectopia cordia cervicalis (n = 10 defects), common aortic trunk (n = 3 defects), dextraposed aorta (n = 8 defects), duplicated major trunks (n = 1 defect), hypoplastic aorta (n = 2 defects), interventricular septal defect (n = 11), interatrial septal defect (n = 2), left ventricular hypoplasia (n = 10), patent ductus arteriosus (n = 5), patent foramen ovale (n = 5), right ventricular hypoplasia (n = 10), cor triloculare biatriatum (n = 1), endocardial fibroelastosis with calcification (n = 3), and valvular hematomas (n = 7). All septal defects were high in location and ranged from 5 to 35 mm in diameter. One calf with a septal defect also had bilateral microphthalmia.
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Authors | T Gopal, H W Leipold, S M Dennis |
Journal | American journal of veterinary research
(Am J Vet Res)
Vol. 47
Issue 5
Pg. 1120-1
(May 1986)
ISSN: 0002-9645 [Print] United States |
PMID | 3717736
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Animals
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases
(congenital, epidemiology)
- Heart Defects, Congenital
(epidemiology, veterinary)
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