Coil embolization of an aorticopulmonary fistula in a dog

✍ Scribed by Stacey B. Leach; Deborah M. Fine; Robert J. Schutrumpf III; Lisa G. Britt; H. Edward Durham; Kevin Christiansen

• Book ID: 104038570
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 755 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1760-2734
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2010.06.003

✦ Synopsis

An 8-year-old, castrated male Basset Hound was evaluated for congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Echocardiography and angiography demonstrated a left-to-right shunting aorticopulmonary fistula. Coil embolization of the fistula was initially successful in reducing the volume of blood flow through the vascular network. The dog was medically managed for congestive heart failure until it was euthanized 6 months after initial presentation. The physiology and treatment of centrally located arteriovenous fistulae are discussed.