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Renal haemosiderosis in association with canine heartworm disease
Author(s) -
SUTTON R. H.,
ATWELL R. B.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1982.tb03504.x
Subject(s) - medicine , venae cavae , haemolysis , pathology , disease , right atrium , cardiology , immunology
Twenty‐five cases of renal haemosiderosis associated with canine heartworm disease are reported. Severe intravascular haemolysis was a feature of six dogs with filariae in the right atrium and venae cavae (caval syndrome). An association between haemosiderin deposition and filarial burden was apparent in nineteen dogs not showing clinical signs of caval syndrome. The possible reasons for the sub‐clinical haemolysis in canine heartworm disease are discussed with regard to current literature.