Yoon Won-Kyoung, Han Donghyun, Hyun Changbaig
Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, and Institute of Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea.
J Vet Sci. 2011 Jun;12(2):199-201. doi: 10.4142/jvs.2011.12.2.199.
Carval syndrome is a severe heartworm infection where the worms have migrated to the right atrium and vena cava; this condition is associated with a myriad of clinical signs. Several non-surgical and interventional methods are currently used for mechanical worm removal. However, the success rate and complications related to these methods are heavily dependent on methodology and retrieval devices used. In this study, we developed a catheter-guided heartworm removal method using a retrieval basket that can easily access pulmonary arteries and increase the number of worms removed per procedure. With this technique, we successfully treated four dogs with caval syndrome.
卡瓦尔综合征是一种严重的心丝虫感染，虫体迁移至右心房和腔静脉；这种情况与众多临床症状相关。目前有几种非手术和介入方法用于机械性去除虫体。然而，这些方法的成功率和相关并发症在很大程度上取决于所使用的方法和取出装置。在本研究中，我们开发了一种使用取出篮的导管引导的心丝虫去除方法，该取出篮能够轻松进入肺动脉并增加每次手术取出的虫体数量。通过这种技术，我们成功治疗了四只患有腔静脉综合征的犬。
