Use of a nitinol gooseneck snare catheter for removal of adult Dirofilaria immitis in two cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1441-1445

  Small, Merrilee T ^a,c   Atkins, Clarke E ^a   Gordon, Sonya G ^b   Birkenheuer, Adam J ^a   Booth Sayer, Margaret A ^a,d   Keene, Bruce W ^a   Fujii, Yoko ^a,e   Miller, Matthew W ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tidewater Veterinary Cardiology   (United States)

^d Carolina Veterinary Specialists Medical Center   (United States)

^e AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHYLOTHORAX; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHYLOTHORAX; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

EID: 56649115622     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.9.1441     Document Type: Article

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