Confirmation by Doppler echocardiography of valvular regurgitation in a horse with a ruptured chorda tendinea of the mitral valve.

摘要: Regurgitation of blood through the left atrioventricular valve owing to rupture one chordae tendineae was diagnosed in a horse with sudden-onset respiratory distress and holosystolic cardiac murmur. Severe regurgitation confirmed Doppler echocardiography prolapse part leaflet identified B-mode ultrasonography. The right accessory cusp post mortem. Bronchiolitis, multifocal haemorrhages haemorrhagic fibrous plaques were found pleura dorsocaudal segments lungs.