Left ventricular outflow tract-right atrial communication (Gerbode Type Defect) associated with bacterial endocarditis in a dog

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 579-582

  Ramirez G A ^a   De Los Espinosa Monteros, A ^b   Rodriguez F ^b   Weisbrode, S E ^b   Jaber, J R ^b   Herraez P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bordetella avium like organisms; Dogs; Endocarditis; Gerbode defect; Heart; Intracardiac shunt; Left ventricular right atrial communication

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORDETELLA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG DISEASE; ENDOCARDIUM; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LETHARGY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORDETELLA AVIUM; CASE REPORT; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DOG; FATALITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA AVIUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HAEMOPHILUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BORDETELLA AVIUM; BORDETELLA INFECTIONS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE;

EID: 0642375211     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.40-5-579     Document Type: Article

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