In this paper there is presented right heart failure in 10 years' old cow.
During last year it had changeable apetite, profuse diarrhea as well as
fluctuations in milk production. In the mentoned period it did not conceive.
By examination of peripheral blood vessels, there were determined some
changes in pulse quality (p.rarus et parvus) and charge of neck veins (venous
stasis). Under the skin in sternum region there was noticeable swelling of
pastose condensation. Visible mucosas were pail. Heart sounds were barely
audible, and at puncta optima aorte and a.pulmonalis could not be heard at
all. On the right side of the chest, first and second heart tones audability
was better, compared to those of the opposite side. By examining of the
reticulum by testing on foreign body presence, the animal did not react
painfully. On the basis of these data, there was diagnosed: Insufficientio
cordis et pericarditis traumatica in obs. By laboratory analysis of blood
samples, trere was determined hypochromic and microcytic anemia, mild
leukocytosis with neutrophilia, as well as hyperproteinemia characterized by
hypoalbuminemia and hyperglobulinemia. These findings pointed out to iron
deficiency, inflammatory process and reduced syntetic ability of liver. For
economic reasons, the animal was sent to the slaughter. By pathomorphological
examination there were determined connective tissue adhesions among
reticulum, diaphragm, pericardium and the base of the heart. The foreign body
was located in the base of the heart where a large abscess was formed.
Pericardium was thickened, and on its inner side there were grained sediments
of fibrin and purulent content. Right ventricle of the heart was expanded and
the wall was thinned. By histopathological examination of the heart, there
was found out thickened pericardium with fibrin sediments, and the wall of
the abscess located on the base of the heart was formed of connective tissue
largely infiltrated by neutrophyl granulocytes. On the basis of the findings,
there was diagnosed Pericarditis purulenta chronica.
Right heart failure in dairy cow caused by traumatic pericaridtis: Case report
