Atrioventricular valvular insufficiency and congestive heart failure in a carpet python

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 580-583

  Rishniw, M ^a,b   Carmel, B P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c All Pets Brendan Carmel   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular valve insufficiency; Colour Doppler echocardiography; Congestive heart failure; Pathophysiology; Snake

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); MORELIA SPILOTA VARIEGATA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY; SNAKE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ANIMALS; BOIDAE; DIURETICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FUROSEMIDE; HEART; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0033191807     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1999.tb13193.x     Document Type: Article

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