The Efficacy of Surgical Treatment with Flexible Alligator Forceps in Dogs with Heartworm Infection |
Yoon Hun-young
(Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University)
Jeong Soon-wuk (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University) Kim Jun-young (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University) Han Hyun-jung (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University) Jang Ha-young (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University) Lee Bora (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University) Namkung Hyo-sun (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University) |
1 | Abadie SH, Black E, Dupuy HJ, Gonzalez R. A procedure for the surgical removal of dirofilaria immitis. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1970; 156: 884-889 |
2 | Grantz NG. Critical review of the vector status of Aedes albopictus. Med Vet Entomol 2004; 18: 215-227 DOI PUBMED ScienceOn |
3 | Ishihara K, Sasaki Y, Kitagawa H, Hayama M. Clinical effects after heartworm removal from pulmonary arteries using flexible alligator forceps in dogs with common dirofilariasis, Nippon Juigaku Zasshi 1988; 50: 723-730 DOI ScienceOn |
4 | Kume S, Ohishi I. Observations on the chemotherapy of canine heartworm infection with arsenicals. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1957; 131: 476-480 |
5 | Mahmood F. Susceptibility of geographically district Aedes aegypti L. from Florida to Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy) infection. J Vector Ecol 2000; 25: 36-47 |
6 | Mumtaz H, Ozdemir A, Schaefer RC. Case of the month. A case report of human pulmonary dirofilariasis in Arkansas. J Ark Med Soc 2004; 100: 240-242 |
7 | Pailet A, Abadie SH, Smith MW, Gonzalez RR. chemotherapeutic heartworm control-the use of diethlcarbamazine in the control of dirofilaria immitis infection in dogs in clinical trials. Vet Med Small Anim Clin 1968; 63: 691-693 |
8 | Reifur L, Thomaz-Soccol V, Montiani-Ferreira F. Epidemiological aspects of filariosis in dogs on the coast of Parana state, Brazil: with emphasis on Dirofilaria immitis. Vet Parasitol 2004; 122: 273-286 DOI ScienceOn |
9 | Yoon HY, Yoon CS, Jeong SW, Kim TJ, Park SY, Chung BH, Choi YM, Lee WC. Prevalence and relative risk of canine dirofilariosis among dogs in seoul, South Korea. Vet Rec 2002; 151: 576-577 DOI ScienceOn |
10 | Rawlings CA, Raynaud JP, Lewis RE, Duncan JR. Pulmonary thromboembolism and hypertension after thiacetarsamide vs melarsomine dihydrochlroride treatment of dirofilaria immitis infection in dogs. Am Vet Res 1993; 54: 920-925 |
11 | Kuntz CA, Smith-Carr S, Huber M, Weigand C, Hankes GH. Use of a modified surgical approach to the right atrium for retrieval of heartworms in a dog. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1996; 208: 692-694 |
12 | Ishihara K, Sasaki Y, Kitagawa H. Development of a flexible alligator: a new instrument for removal of heartworms in the pulmonary arteries of dogs. Jpn J Vet Sci 1986; 48: 989-991 DOI ScienceOn |
13 | Kitagawa H, Sasaki Y, Ishihara K, Hirano Y. Contribution of live heartworms harboring in pulmonary arteries to pulmonary hypertension in dogs with dirofilariasis. Nippon Juigaku Zasshi 1990; 52: 1211-1217 DOI ScienceOn |
14 | Kaiser L, Willians JF. Dirofilaria immitis: worm burden and pulmonary artery proliferation in dogs from Michigan (United States). Vet Parasitol 2004; 124: 125-129 DOI PUBMED ScienceOn |
15 | Ishihara K, Kitagawa H, Sasaki Y, Yokoil H. Changes in cardiopulmonary values after heartworm removal from pulmonary artery using flexible alligator forceps. Nippon Juigaku Zasshi 1988; 50: 731-738 DOI ScienceOn |
16 | Ishihara K, Kitagawa H, Sasaki Y. Efficacy of heartworm removal in dogs with dirofilarial hemoglobinuria' using flexible alligator forceps. Jpn J Vet Sci 1988; 50: 739-745 DOI ScienceOn |
17 | Kim MK, Kim CH, Yong TS. The first human case of hepatic dirofilariasis. J Korean Med Sci 2002; 17: 686-690 |
18 | Narnine K, Brennan B, Gilfillan I, Hodge A. Pulmonary presentation of dirofilaria immitis (canine heartworm) in man. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 1996; 16: 475-477 DOI ScienceOn |
19 | Jackson RF, Seymour WG, Growney PJ, Otto GF. Surgical treatment of the caval syndrome of canine heartworm disease. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1977; 171: 1065-1069 |