Evaluation of pulmonary hypertension and clinical status in dogs with heartworm by Right Pulmonary Artery Distensibility Index and other echocardiographic parameters

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a frequent and severe phenomenon in heartworm disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis, mainly caused by intimal proliferation of the arteries and pulmonary thromboembolisms. Transthoracic echocardiography is the method of choice for diagnosing PH in dogs alth...

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Auteurs principaux: Serrano-Parreño, B., Carretón, E., Caro-Vadillo, A., Falcón-Cordón, Y., Falcón-Cordón, S., Montoya-Alonso, J. A.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: BioMed Central 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5330087/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28241783
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2047-2
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