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• TITLE: Anterior Mitral Valve Orifice in a Dog

  AUTHORS: Başar Ulaş Sayilkan, Yücel Meral, Emre Küllük, Duygu Dalgin

  KEYWORDS: Dog Echocardiography, Anterior Mitral Valve Orifice, Degenerative Mitral Valve Disorder, Mitral Regurgitation, Doppler Echocardiography

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Vol.11 No.3, March 31, 2021

  ABSTRACT: The patient was admitted to OndokuzMayıs University Animal Hospital Internal Medicine outpatient clinic with complaints of epileptic seizures and hypothyroidism. A description of the patient’s owner is available in the history information. There was no physician information. Bradycardia was found in the electrocardiography of the patient. 2-D, M-Mode, PW, CW and Color doppler examinations were performed. Left-ventricular hypokinetic and mitral and tricuspidal valve movements were observed with limited M-Mode imaging. Anterior mitral orifice of 2 mm width was detected on septal mitral valve by PW doppler and color doppler. With this orifice, the presence of regurgitant jet, which covers LA at a rate of 1/3 and was 3.2 m/sec, together with mitral regurgitation (0.5 m/sec.), was demonstrated. PISA calculations; VFR (mL/s), ERO (mm2) and RVol (mL/pulse) values were calculated as if there were mitral regurgitation and data were obtained for mild-moderate mitral regurgitation. Therefore, no operative treatment of the orifice was recommended. Mitral valve orifice is a rare pathology and this is the first report in canine veterinary practice with degenerative mitral valve disorder. We aimed to underline the possibility of mitral orifice development in degenerative mitral valve disorders, known to present with vegetations and varying degrees of prolapsus, conventionally.