Kyung-Min Kim, Chang-Hwan Moon, Won-Jong Lee, Woo-Jin Kim, Mihyung Kim, Jaemin Jeong, Hae-Beom Lee, Seong-Mok Jeong, Ho-Jung Choi, Tae Sung Hwang, Hee Chun Lee, Jae Hyeon Yu, Aryung Nam, Dae-Hyun Kim
Sinus venosus atrial septal defects (SVASDs), concurrent with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections (PAPVCs), are a rare congenital heart disease in dogs. Surgical correction is essential when clinical signs or significant hemodynamic changes are present. We aimed to report on the successful surgical correction of an SVASD with PAPVCs, using a computed tomography (CT)-based customized 3D cardiac model. A 10-month-old male poodle was referred for corrective surgery for an ASD. Echocardiography confirmed a hemodynamically significant left-to-right shunting flow through an interatrial septal defect and severe right-sided heart volume overload...
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