SHORT-TERM OUTCOME OF A DOG FOLLOWING SURGICAL CORRECTION OF THE PERSISTENT RIGHT AORTIC ARCH PATHOLOGY
V. E. Luca,
C. Ober,
J. Millgram,
Lucia Bel,
Sidonia Bogdan,
C. Peștean,
Bianca Matosz,
L. Oana
Affiliations
V. E. Luca
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur, 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
C. Ober
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur, 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
J. Millgram
Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Lucia Bel
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur, 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Sidonia Bogdan
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur, 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
C. Peștean
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur, 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Bianca Matosz
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur, 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
L. Oana
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur, 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
A 1,8 year-old, 13 kg intact male Boxer was referred for evaluation of a persistent right aortic arch with concurrent megaesophagus. Contrast radiography of the oesophagus revealed contrast material accumulating in the oesophagus at the thoracic inlet and cranial to the heart. An ultrasound was performed to rule out any heart pathology. Surgical correction of the vascular ring anomaly (VRA) was performed. Four weeks after surgery, the dog was eating soft dog food with no vomiting or regurgitation.
