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  • Title: Echocardiographic and anatomic correlation of ventricular septal defect morphology in newborn Yucatan pigs.
    Author: Johnson TB, Fyfe DA, Thompson RP, Kline CH, Swindle MM, Anderson RH.
    Journal: Am Heart J; 1993 Apr; 125(4):1067-72. PubMed ID: 8465729.
    Abstract:
    With the use of a Yucatan micropig strain with a high incidence of ventricular septal defects (VSDs), results of two-dimensional and color-flow Doppler echocardiography of VSD morphology in newborn piglets were correlated with autopsy findings. A spectrum of perimembranous, muscular outlet, and doubly committed subarterial VSDs was found. Echocardiography was performed in 29 piglets weighing 1.2 to 4.4 (mean 2.8) kg, studied at age 4 to 18 (mean 8) days. VSD was diagnosed by means of echocardiography in 16 of 29 subjects; morphologic findings included perimembranous defects in 12, muscular outlet in two, and doubly committed subarterial defect in two. At autopsy the presence and location of defects were confirmed in all pigs. No additional defects were found. VSD diameters were 1.0 to 5.0 (mean 3.94) mm on echocardiography and 1.0 to 6.0 (mean 2.84) mm at autopsy. After aortic valve diameter was used as an internal control for tissue shrinkage during fixation, echocardiography/color Doppler imaging tended to overestimate VSD diameter by 21% (0.6 mm). In conclusion, echocardiography/Doppler imaging accurately identified the presence, morphology, and size of even the smallest VSDs in newborn Yucatan micropigs. Echocardiographic classification of VSD morphology in vivo will facilitate future research on specific types of VSDs in this animal model.
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