Intracardiac heartworms in dogs: Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics in 72 cases (2010-2019)
| Autor: | Sonya G. Gordon, Sonya Wesselowski, Ashley B. Saunders, Abigail E. Romano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
caval syndrome 040301 veterinary sciences Anemia Dirofilaria immitis Cardiology canine pigmenturia Standard Article 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Pigmenturia Intracardiac injection 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Lethargy 0302 clinical medicine Dogs Internal medicine pulmonary hypertension Medicine Animals Dog Diseases Retrospective Studies General Veterinary biology business.industry Retrospective cohort study 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Pulmonary hypertension Bilirubinuria Standard Articles Echocardiography SMALL ANIMAL Dirofilariasis hemolysis business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1939-1676 |
| Popis: | Background Heartworms, a cause of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in dogs, can migrate from the pulmonary arteries into the heart resulting in life‐threatening caval syndrome (CS). Objectives To describe clinical and echocardiographic characteristics in dogs with intracardiac heartworms including estimated heartworm burden and frequency of PH and pigmenturia. Animals Seventy‐two client‐owned dogs with heartworms. Methods Retrospective study. Data collected from an electronic medical records search for dogs with intracardiac heartworms included clinicopathologic, echocardiographic, and procedural findings. Dogs with heartworms isolated to the pulmonary arteries were excluded. Results Estimated intracardiac heartworm burden was low in 14 of 72 (19%) and high in 58 of 72 (81%) dogs. The majority were small breed (54/72; 75%; 29/72; 40% Chihuahuas) and had a high likelihood of PH (67/72; 93%). Pigmenturia was the second most common clinical finding (31/72; 43%) after lethargy (32/72; 44%). Anemia (37/55; 36%), pigmenturia (30/58; 52%), and bilirubinuria (28/36; 78%) were significantly more common in dogs with a high worm burden (P |
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