Pulmonary artery thrombosis in experimental Angiostrongylus vasorum infection does not result in pulmonary hypertension and echocardiographic right ventricular changes

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 855-862

  Kranjc, A ^a   Schnyder, M ^a   Dennler, M ^a   Fahrion, A ^a   Makara, M ^a   Ossent, P ^a   Morgan, J ^a   Deplazes, P ^a   Glaus, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood gas; Echocardiography; Necropsy; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STRONGYLE INFECTION; THROMBOSIS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77956630028     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0529.x     Document Type: Article

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