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: Received: 10 May 2024 / Approved: 13 May 2024 / Online: 13 May 2024 (14:28:02 CEST)
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Aoki,*, T.; Miyamoto, T.; Kizaki, K.; Ueshima, A.; Iwasaki, K.; Kusaka, T.; Terui, H. Partial Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in a Cat Treated with Sildenafil: A Case Report. Preprints2024, 2024050841. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0841.v1
Aoki,*, T.; Miyamoto, T.; Kizaki, K.; Ueshima, A.; Iwasaki, K.; Kusaka, T.; Terui, H. Partial Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in a Cat Treated with Sildenafil: A Case Report. Preprints 2024, 2024050841. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0841.v1
Aoki,*, T.; Miyamoto, T.; Kizaki, K.; Ueshima, A.; Iwasaki, K.; Kusaka, T.; Terui, H. Partial Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in a Cat Treated with Sildenafil: A Case Report. Preprints2024, 2024050841. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0841.v1
APA Style
Aoki,*, T., Miyamoto, T., Kizaki, K., Ueshima, A., Iwasaki, K., Kusaka, T., & Terui, H. (2024). Partial Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in a Cat Treated with Sildenafil: A Case Report. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0841.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Aoki,*, T., Takuya Kusaka and Haruko Terui. 2024 "Partial Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in a Cat Treated with Sildenafil: A Case Report" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0841.v1
Abstract
: We report the case of a 2-year-old Norwegian Forest cat diagnosed with pulmonary edema and pulmonary hypertension (PH) secondary to cor triatriatum sinister, who showed improved breathing following furosemide treatment. Sildenafil was prescribed post-discharge without diuretic. Thirty-eight days later, no abnormalities were observed in the septum or accessory chamber of the left atrium; however, continuous mosaic blood flow (maximum velocity, 3.14 m/s) was observed in two enlarged pulmonary veins. Pulmonary artery enlargement (main pulmonary artery to thoracic aorta ratio: 1.90), pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS), and diffuse bilateral ground-glass lung opacities were observed using computed tomography. PH with partial PVS and pulmonary parenchymal disease was diagnosed. The cat was further treated with furosemide with no clinical symptoms, but succumbed to acute dyspnea 51 days after the first visit. PH, despite partial PVS, may also be associated with concurrent parenchymal lung disease. Sildenafil can worsen pulmonary edema in the affected lung but did not in this case.
Keywords
Pulmonary edema; Pulmonary hypertension; Case report; Computed Tomography; Echocardiography
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine
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