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Clinical diagnosis and alternative surgical treatment of tetralogy of Fallot in a dog. A case report

Diagnóstico clínico e tratamento cirúrgico alternativo da tetralogia de Fallot em cão. Relato de caso

Tetralogy of Fallot was diagnosed in a 30 month-old Cocker Spaniel female, through physical, radiographic, electrocardiographic, and echocardiographic exams. The animal was submitted to a palliative surgical correction, the Blalock-Taussig technique, and 46 months after the surgery, no signs of cardiopulmonary decompensation were observed.

Dog; tetralogy of Fallot; diagnosis; surgical correction


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