Pulmonary arterial response to Angiostrongylus vasorum in naturally infected dogs: echocardiographic findings in two cases

BACKGROUND: Angiostrongylus vasorum is a nematode living in the pulmonary arteries of canids. Infected dogs develop severe pulmonary lesions which can potentially lead to pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, reports of PH in natural infected dogs are scant. One of the possible causes of the low pre...

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Autores principales: Corda, Andrea, Carta, Silvia, Varcasia, Antonio, Tamponi, Claudia, Evangelisti, Maria Antonietta, Scala, Antonio, Pinna Parpaglia, Maria Luisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6549332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31164175
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3544-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6549332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31164175
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3544-2

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