Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2400234 | Journal of Veterinary Cardiology | 2013 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
A 5 year-old female Lhasa Apso was diagnosed with a large right pulmonary artery thrombus, multiple smaller pulmonary thrombi, and pulmonary hypertension. In addition, thoracic computed tomography angiography revealed numerous periesophageal arterial vessels, tortuous and dilated bronchial arteries, and an enlarged tortuous left phrenic artery, consistent with systemic bronchial and non-bronchial collateral arterial circulation development. These features of chronic pulmonary arterial thrombi have not been described in dogs but are recognized in people. One year after the diagnosis, the dog was still alive and there were no clinical signs reported.
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Authors
Alexandre Le Roux, L. Abbigail Granger, Caryn Reynolds, Lorrie Gaschen,