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Pulmonic Stenosis
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Key Points
  • Pulmonic stenosis is a congenital narrowing of the right ventricular outflow tract
    • Most commonly at the pulmonic valve
  • One of the most common congenital cardiac defects in dogs
    • Bulldogs, French Bulldogs, Beagles, Boxers and Boston Terriers are predisposed
  • Clinical signs range from asymptomatic to exercise intolerance, syncope and right-sided heart failure
  • Echocardiography is the diagnostic test of choice
  • Balloon valvuloplasty is the treatment of choice for most cases of moderate-severe stenosis alongside medical management
Differential Diagnoses
  1. Atrial septal defect
  2. Innocent murmur
  3. Tricuspid dysplasia
  4. Tetralogy of Fallot
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