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dc.contributor.advisorMontoya Alonso, José Alberto-
dc.contributor.advisorCarretón Gómez, Elena-
dc.contributor.authorCabrera Báez, Diana-
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-11T00:59:55Z-
dc.date.available2021-03-11T00:59:55Z-
dc.date.issued2020en_US
dc.identifier.otherGestión académica
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10553/103474-
dc.description.abstractDirofilaria immitis is a parasite responsible of causing heartworm disease. This parasite causes serious physiopathology damages in multiple organs and systems being the cardiorespiratory system the most studied. The most common consequence of this disease is the pulmonary hypertension (PH) which can be measured by a transthoracic Doppler echocardiography and the severity by the Right Pulmonary Artery Distensibility Index. There are preliminary results that suggest that one of the consequences of PH could be the presence of systemic hypertension, which has not been studied with dogs with heartworm before. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between systemic hypertension and some clinical parameters of heartworm disease: pulmonary hypertension, parasite burden, presence of microfilariae and renal biomarkers. For this, 116 dogs infected by D. immitis were tested for microfilariae, had the systemic blood pressure tested, presence/absence of PH echocardiographically calculated and the parasite burden estimated. Of the 116 dogs, 36 had also renal parameters measured: urea, creatinine, UPC ratio, and SDMA. Furthermore, 55 dogs followed adulticide treatment and microfilaria, parasite burden, systemic and pulmonary pressures were also determined on day of discharge. Systolic and mean blood pressures showed a statistically significant difference regarding presence/absence of PH at the beginning of the study, but not after the adulticide treatment. No significant differences were found in systemic blood pressures regarding renal parameters. The results of this study show that a high percentage of dogs with heartworm present systemic hypertension being probably due to a chronicity of the infection, underlying diseases not diagnosed, high stress levels at the veterinary clinic or due to cardiorespiratory alterations. In order to clarify the origin and consequences of this clinical signs, as well as the usefulness of the measurement of systemic blood pressure, further studies must be carried out.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.subject310904 Medicina internaen_US
dc.subject240112 Parasitología animalen_US
dc.titleStudy of the presence and prevalence of systemic hypertension in dogs with heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis)en_US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesisen_US
dc.typeBachelorThesisen_US
dc.contributor.departamentoDepartamento de Patología Animal, Producción Animal, Bromatología y Tecnología de Los Alimentosen_US
dc.contributor.facultadFacultad de Veterinariaen_US
dc.investigacionCiencias de la Saluden_US
dc.type2Trabajo final de gradoen_US
dc.utils.revisionen_US
dc.identifier.matriculaTFT-58083es
dc.identifier.ulpgcen_US
dc.contributor.buulpgcBU-VETen_US
dc.contributor.titulacionGrado en Veterinariaes
item.grantfulltextnone-
item.fulltextSin texto completo-
crisitem.advisor.deptGIR IUIBS: Medicina Veterinaria e Investigación Terapéutica-
crisitem.advisor.deptIU de Investigaciones Biomédicas y Sanitarias-
crisitem.advisor.deptDepartamento de Patología Animal, Producción Animal, Bromatología y Tecnología de Los Alimentos-
crisitem.advisor.deptGIR IUIBS: Medicina Veterinaria e Investigación Terapéutica-
crisitem.advisor.deptIU de Investigaciones Biomédicas y Sanitarias-
crisitem.advisor.deptDepartamento de Patología Animal, Producción Animal, Bromatología y Tecnología de Los Alimentos-
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