Ultrasonography, and, to a lesser extent, echocardiography are now well-established, noninvasive, and painless diagnostic tools in herpetologic medicine. Various cardiac lesions have been previously described in reptiles, but valvulopathy is rarely documented in these animals and, consequently, is poorly understood. In this report, sinoatrial and atrioventricular insufficiencies were diagnosed in a 5-yr-old captive dyspneic Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) on the basis of echocardiographic and Doppler examination. This case report is the first to document Doppler assessment of valvular regurgitations in a reptile.
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1 December 2010
Double Valvular Insufficiency in a Burmese Python (Python molurus bivittatus, Linnaeus, 1758) Suffering from Concomitant Bacterial Pneumonia
Lionel Schilliger,
Emilie Tréhiou-Sechi,
Amandine M. P. Petit,
Charlotte Misbach,
Valérie Chetboul
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Burmese python
Doppler examination
pneumonia
Python molurus bivittatus
valvular insufficiency