Jack Russell Terrier Heart Condition Update | Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)

Today Uncle Stonnie is sharing a feel good story about a very serious heart condition: Canine Patent Ductus Arteriosus, also known as PDA.

A few months ago Teddy, a cute little Jack Russell Terrier, came to stay with us for training. It wasn't long until we started noticing that Teddy was displaying some troubling signs; he was having trouble gaining weight, had a very low energy level, coughed and wheezed, and had an erratic heart beat, after even the slightest bit of exertion.

We quickly arranged to have him examined and unfortunately Teddy was in the early stages of congestive heart failure. We, as well as the owners, were crushed.

Luckily though, due to recent breakthroughs in veterinary heart procedures, Teddy was able to be successfully treated using a state of the art medical procedure. A small mesh dish was inserted via catheter into position to successfully close the faulty structure.

The results are absolutely amazing, as you will see in the video!

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a medical condition in which the ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth: this allows a portion of oxygenated blood from the left heart to flow back to the lungs by flowing from the aorta, which has a higher pressure, to the pulmonary artery. Symptoms are uncommon at birth and shortly thereafter, but later in the first year of life there is often the onset of an increased work of breathing and failure to gain weight at a normal rate. With time, an uncorrected PDA usually leads to pulmonary hypertension followed by right-sided heart failure.

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