Primary Pulmonary Hypertension in a Maltese Dog

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A 1-year-old castrated male Maltese dog (weighing 2.4 kg) was presented with primary complaints ofocasional coughing, dyspnea and exercise intolerance. Badiastolic regurgitant murmur, marked dilation of pulmonary artery, right ventricular eccentric hypertrophy withthickening of ventricular septum, severe tricuspid and pulmonic regurgitation (5.4 m/sec and 3.4 m/sec, respectively)and the absence of any congenital intracardiac shunting, obstructive pulmonary diseases and systemic diseases associatedwith right ventricular pressure overload or pulmonary hyperperfusion, the case was tentatively diagnosed as primarypulmonary hypertension. The dog was treated with furosemide, aspirin and oxygen supplementation. This case reportdescribed a rare case of primary pulmonary hypertension in a Maltese dog.

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