Evaluation of pulmonary hypertension and clinical status in dogs with heartworm by Right Pulmonary Artery Distensibility Index and other echocardiographic parameters

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a frequent and severe phenomenon in heartworm disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis, mainly caused by intimal proliferation of the arteries and pulmonary thromboembolisms. Transthoracic echocardiography is the method of choice for diagnosing PH in dogs alth...

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Autores principales: Serrano-Parreño, B., Carretón, E., Caro-Vadillo, A., Falcón-Cordón, Y., Falcón-Cordón, S., Montoya-Alonso, J. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5330087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28241783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2047-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5330087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28241783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2047-2

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