Percutaneous heartworm removal from dogs with severe heart worm (Dirofilaria immitis) infestation

摘要: Canine heart worm disease is often life-threatening due to its various complications, including right side failure, caval syndrome and pulmonary eosinophilic granulomatosis. Several preventive medications melarsomine have been developed they are very effective control heartworm infestation. However, in a case of severe infestation, therapy results an unfavorable outcome because the immune reaction caused by rapid killing adult worm. Surgical removal interventional method using flexible alligator forceps well described literature. Despite usefulness mechanical forceps, methodology still needs be upgraded for increasing applicability treating dogs with We describe herein newly percutaneous heartworms this was successfully applied 4 The follow-up studies also showed favorable outcomes no complications.