Today's Veterinary Practice

NOV-DEC 2015

Today's Veterinary Practice provides comprehensive information to keep every small animal practitioner up to date on companion animal medicine and surgery as well as practice building and management.

Issue link: http://todaysveterinarypractice.epubxp.com/i/591321

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 66 of 107

tvpjournal.com | November/December 2015 | ToDay's VeTeriNary PracTice aHs HearTWorM HoTLiNe Peer reviewed 65 FIGURE 7. Active thrombosis secondary to a dead heartworm (a); adult worms with active clotting, reorganizing emboli, and well organized area of fbrosis representing 3 separate events (B); organized obstruction in a distal pulmonary artery containing necrotic heartworm remnants and debris (C). A b C FIGURE 4. Adult heartworms occupying the lumen of a smaller branch of the pulmonary artery. FIGURE 5. Severe endothelial proliferation and rufus endarteritis secondary to heartworm infection. FIGURE 8. Vascular fbrosis (arrows) found in a dog presented with caval syndrome. Interestingly, only 6 worms were present, 5 of which were located in the right heart and vena cava. FIGURE 6. Dead heartworm embolism obstructing distal pulmonary artery; note the surrounding fbrosis indicating a previous insult ( arrows).

Articles in this issue

Links on this page

Archives of this issue

view archives of Today's Veterinary Practice - NOV-DEC 2015