Ventricular Systolic Asynchrony in a Dog

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Asynchrony is characterized by the disruption of ventricular contraction and relaxation and left ventricle systolic performance loss. In this report, three years old female setter who was handed to animal hospital with exercise intolerance was disscussed. At echocardiographic examination carried out because exercise intolerance, interventricular septum among with left ventricul post wall asynchronic movement compatible with ventricular asynchrony was monitored. During left parasternal apical four chamber examination, asynchronic movement was detected at both walls. Although cardiac asynchrony is probably a common case in dogs, it is ruled out because of the lack of clinical evidence in veterinary area like in the case of human medicine. It can be concluded that this disease has clinical significance because of the probability of heart failure, and therefore, needs to be considered in the echocardiographic examinations.

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ECG , Echocardiography , Heart , Systolic Function

Kocatepe Veterinary Journal

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Kocatepe Veterinary Journal