Surgical removal of heartworms from the right atrium of a cat

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 68-69

  Borgarelli, Michele ^a   Venco, Luigi ^b   Piga, Pier M ^e   Bonino, Ferrucio ^c   Ryan, William G ^d  

^a Clinica Veterinaria Valsusa   (Italy)

^b Viale Cremona   (Italy)

^c Department of Gastroenterology   (Italy)

^d Merck AgVet   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIROFILARIASIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0031184440     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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