The Congenital heart diseases are characterized by morphological defects in the embryonic development and the most frequent in dogs are: pulmonary and aortic valve stenosis, ventricular septal defect and persistent ductus arteriosus. They may occur asymptomatically or even evolve to congestive heart failure. The definitive diagnosis is made through the visualization of the alterations in the echocardiogram. In the present report, a French Bulldog, three months old, asymptomatic was presented to a private Veterinary practice in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cardiac auscultation evidenced a systolic heart murmur in tricuspid focus and diastolic murmur in pulmonary focus. To better evaluate the dog chest radiography, electrocardiogram and echocardiogram were performed and allowed the diagnosis of pulmonary stenosis. The clinical treatment with beta-blocker was installed and the surgical procedure was performed with the balloon valvuloplasty. After the surgical treatment, the pressure gradient was gradually normalized, the use of atenolol was discontinued, and the patient was followed up for three years, remaining clinically stable throughout this time. The aim of this study was to report a case of pulmonary artery stenosis in a puppy, treated clinically and surgically, emphasizing the importance of the physical and complementary cardiological exams.

Based on temperature charts, infrared skin thermography is widely used in human medicine, but little known in veterinary medicine. The application of the technique allows orthopedic clinical follow-up as well as aids in the diagnosis of breast tumors in humans, due to its ability to correlate vasculature alterations and tissue vitality with modification of the temperature pattern. For this reason it is applied in veterinary medicine for the detection of joint injuries in horses and animal production, little covering the medicine of small animals. Against of these phages the present study aims to elucidate and suggest its use for the diagnosis and postoperative follow-up of reconstructive surgeries in animals, as well as to evaluate therapeutic measures that seek to improve cutaneous healing, such as low power laser therapy.