COMUNICAÇÃO INTERVENTRICULAR EM GATO – RELATO DE CASO

Abstract

Interventricular communication is a congenital heart disease that results in failure of interventricular septal formation during the embryonic period. In cats, the communication is among the most common cardiac anomalies, with a prevalence of 15%. The diagnosis is based mainly on complementary exams such as echocardiography, radiography and electrocardiography. The prognosis, clinical signs and the need for treatment depends mainly on the location and extent of the communication. The objective of this study was to report a case of interventricular communication in an intact domestic shorthair female cat. In the clinical examination, heart murmur classified as grade VI holosystolic was noted. The patient was sent to perform tests where the diagnosis was an isolated and restrictive interventricular communication. Early cardiac evaluation in conjunction with complementary exams such provide the necessary tools to arrive at a definitive diagnosis of the interventricular communication allowing an appropriate and satisfactory treatment for this cardiac anomaly.