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- Title
Surgical correction of persistent right aortic arch in a cat and three dogs.
- Authors
CALISKAN, M.; CAN, P.; SANCAK, I. G.; BESALTI, O.
- Abstract
We here report the diagnosis and surgical outcomes of a cat and three dogs with persistent right aortic arch causing oesophageal enlargement. The chief complaint in all cases was regurgitation just after solid food intake. Barium oesophagographic examinations revealed enlarged oesophaguses cranial to the heart and strictures due to arteriosus ligament constriction of the oesophagus. Surgical correction was carried out using left fourth intercostal thoracotomy and severance of the ligamentum arteriosum. The cases frequently displayed residual clinical signs and still required modified diets after a mean follow-up period of 8.6 months, but owner satisfaction was acceptable.
- Subjects
VETERINARY medicine; DOG diseases; SURGICAL complications; SUBCLAVIAN artery; ULTRASONIC imaging
- Publication
Veterinární Medicína, 2018, Vol 63, Issue 11, p522
- ISSN
0375-8427
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17221/43/2018-VETMED