Title |
Myocarditis in dogs: etiology, clinical and histopathological features (11 cases: 2007–2013)
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Published in |
Irish Veterinary Journal, December 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/s13620-014-0028-8 |
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Authors |
Izabela Janus, Agnieszka Noszczyk-Nowak, Marcin Nowak, Alicja Cepiel, Rafał Ciaputa, Urszula Pasławska, Piotr Dzięgiel, Karolina Jabłońska |
Abstract |
Myocarditis is a disease caused by numerous etiological factors and characterized by a non-specific course. The only method allowing for precise characterization of inflammatory changes is the histopathological examination of heart muscle specimens. The study was conducted on heart muscle preparations from 11 dogs with ante-mortem diagnosis of cardiac disease. Animals presented with a poor response to an applied treatment or had suspected sudden cardiac death. The heart specimens were taken post-mortem, preserved and stained with haematoxylin and eosin. Subsequently, the presence and intensity of changes, i.e. inflammatory infiltration, the amount of connective tissue and features of cardiomyocyte degeneration were estimated. The specimens from dogs suspected of having a myocarditis of bacteriological etiology underwent additional bacteriological and immunohistochemical examination. |
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