Thoracoscopic pericardiotomy as a palliative treatment in a cow with pericardial lymphoma

Journal of Veterinary Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-73

  Van Biervliet, Jérôme ^a   Kraus, Marc ^b   Woodie, Brett ^c   Divers, Thomas J ^b   Gelzer, Anna ^b   Ainsworth, Dorothy ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Belgium)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Laparoscopy; Lymphosarcoma; Pericardial effusion; Pericardiotomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COW; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOTHORAX; JUGULAR VEIN; LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIOTOMY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STANDING; TACHYCARDIA; THORACOSCOPY; VEIN DISEASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33744936306     PISSN: 17602734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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