Informe pasantía. Degeneración e insuficiencia valvular mixomatosa mitral en un canino

Abstract

This report describes a clinical case attended during the internship in the small animal clinic Central de Urgencias Veterinarias of the Bogota city. The patient is a creole canine of 17 years of age, who entered the clinic referred for decay, inappetence, dyspnea and severe abdominal distention. To the clinical examination it is initially found that presented respiratory difficulty, decay and ascites, to the auscultation it evidenced a cardiac murmur and humid stertors. Basic blood tests were taken, abdominal ultrasound, arterial gases, arterial tensions, oxygen pressure, and interconsultation with cardiology where electrocardiography and echocardiography confirmed mitral myxomatous valvular degeneration. Treatment consisted of in-hospital medical management to stabilize the patient and subsequently specific medical management was established when the diagnosis was confirmed. The patient was responsive to the treatment and her evolution was favorable.