Yusuf Ziya OĞRAK, Yücel ÇAM, Murat KİBAR, Nusret APAYDIN

Kangal ırkı köpeklerde doğmasal kalp hastalıklarında doppler ekokardiografik muayene bulguları

Bu çalısmada son yıllarda köpeklerin kalp ve damar sistemi hastalıklarının tanısında yaygın olarak kullanılan Doppler ekokardiografinin ülkemizde ilk kez Kangal ırkı köpeklerdeki dogmasal kalp hastalıklarının belirlenmesinde kullanılması ve bu hastalıkların kan akım hemodinamiginde meydana getirdigi degisikliklerin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıstır. Arastırmanın materyalini 3-18 aylık, disi ve erkek 50 kangal ırkı köpek olusturdu. 2-D ekokardiografik muayenede 2 (%4) köpekte sol ventrikül çıkıs alanında daralma oldugu belirlendi. Mitral displazi bulunan 1 (%2) köpekte ise anteriör ve posteriör yapraklarda kalınlasma ve boylarında kısalma oldugu görüldü. Pulmoner stenoz bulunan 1 (%2) köpekte ise kapak düzeyinden alınan Doppler traselerinden yüksek akım hızı ve kan basıncı oldugu görüldü. Sonuç olarak Kangal ırkı köpeklerde mitral displazi ve pulmoner stenozis gibi degisik dogmasal kalp hastalıklarının bulunabilecegi, bu hastalıkların kan akım hemodinamigi ve hızında meydana getirdigi degisikliklerin Doppler ekokardiografik muayeneler ile kolayca tanısının yapılabilecegi kanısına varıldı.

Doppler echocardiographic findings in kangal shepherd dogs with congenital cardiac diseases

The purpose of this study was to diagnose the congenital cardiac diseases in Kangal Sheperd Dogs by using commonly used Doppler echocardiography for the first time to detect cardiac and vascular system diseases in dogs, and to determine the differences of the flow of blood caused by these diseases. Study materials used in this study consisted of 50 Kangal Shepherd dogs both male and female aged 3 -18 months old. In 2-D echocardiographic examination, exterior of left ventricules was narrowed in 2 (4%) dogs. Anterior and posterior leaves were tickened and shortned in one dog (2%) with mitral displasia. In one (2%) dog with pulmonary stenosis, PW Doppler showed that flow rate and blood pressere were increased. As a conclusion, congenital cardiac diseases like mitral displasia and pulmonary stenosis can be seen in Kangal Shepherd dogs, and abnormalities on hemodynamic and rate of blood flow as a results of those disorders can be determined easily by Doppler echocardiography.

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