{"title":"Prenatal Ultrasonographic Detection of Intracardiac Thrombi in Canine Fetuses With Congenital Heart Defects.","authors":"Federica Valeri, Temy Coppola, Alessandro Troisi, Riccardo Zelli, Lucia Cardinali, Elvio Lepri, Domenico Caivano, Angela Polisca","doi":"10.1155/crve/1795563","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 5-year-old pregnant Newfoundland bitch was evaluated by monitoring fetal viability. Transabdominal ultrasonography of the reproductive tract revealed a homogeneous and hyperechoic mass within the right ventricle associated with abnormal tricuspid valve in a fetus. A similar mass was also visualized in the right atrium of another fetus. The bitch delivered 11 puppies, four of which died after parturition. Necropsy showed tricuspid stenosis in all puppies, with concomitant pulmonary stenosis in one of them. Moreover, an intraventricular thrombus and an interatrial thrombus were each revealed in two puppies. This case series demonstrates the feasibility of prenatal ultrasonographic detection of intracardiac thrombi in canine fetuses and highlights its potential value for early diagnosis of congenital heart defects.</p>","PeriodicalId":37339,"journal":{"name":"Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine","volume":"2026 ","pages":"1795563"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2026-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13239178/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1155/crve/1795563","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Veterinary","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A 5-year-old pregnant Newfoundland bitch was evaluated by monitoring fetal viability. Transabdominal ultrasonography of the reproductive tract revealed a homogeneous and hyperechoic mass within the right ventricle associated with abnormal tricuspid valve in a fetus. A similar mass was also visualized in the right atrium of another fetus. The bitch delivered 11 puppies, four of which died after parturition. Necropsy showed tricuspid stenosis in all puppies, with concomitant pulmonary stenosis in one of them. Moreover, an intraventricular thrombus and an interatrial thrombus were each revealed in two puppies. This case series demonstrates the feasibility of prenatal ultrasonographic detection of intracardiac thrombi in canine fetuses and highlights its potential value for early diagnosis of congenital heart defects.
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Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that publishes case reports and case series in all areas of veterinary medicine.
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