Use of echocardiography for the diagnosis of heartworm disease in cats: 43 cases (1985-1997)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 66-69

  DeFrancesco, Teresa C ^a   Atkins, Clarke E ^a   Miller, Matthew W ^b   Meurs, Kathryn M ^b,c   Keene, Bruce W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FELIS CATUS;

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FILARIASIS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035218804     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.218.66     Document Type: Article

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