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dc.contributor.advisorQuintavalla, Cecilia-
dc.contributor.authorGambarelli, Alice-
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-19T14:20:19Z-
dc.date.available2021-10-19T14:20:19Z-
dc.date.issued2021-10-14-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1889/4562-
dc.description.abstractPrimary and secondary cardiac tumors are quite uncommon in dogs and cats. The most frequent types of tumors are hemangiosarcoma, heart base tumors (chemodectoma and paraganglioma) and lymphoma. Patients with a cardiac tumor show clinical signs related to hemodynamic changes due to the space-occupying mass effect and often manifest pericardial effusion. Sometimes they also have arrhythmias or symptoms of congestive heart failure and, in the worst case scenario, deadly acute cardiac tamponade. The most effective diagnostic methods consist of echocardiography, CT and magnetic resonance. When the mass is surgically accessible, the execution of cytological and histological exams also allows to establish the tumor type. However, heart tumors are often an incidental finding or a post-mortem diagnosis. Therapy consists of managing clinical signs by administering antiarrhythmic drugs and performing repeated pericardiocentesis to control the relapsing pericardial effusion. Additional treatment options include surgery (pericardiectomy and surgical excision of the mass), chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. In general, these therapies get better results when combined with each other, while for lymphoma, chemotherapy is very effective. Obtain a complete remission of cardiac tumor is rare, but early and targeted therapy can often improve prognosis and increase the patient’s survival time.en_US
dc.language.isoItalianoen_US
dc.publisherUniversità degli studi di Parma. Dipartimento di Scienze Medico-Veterinarieen_US
dc.rights© Alice Gambarelli, 2021en_US
dc.subjectcardiac tumorsen_US
dc.subjectdogen_US
dc.subjectcaten_US
dc.subjecthemangiosarcomaen_US
dc.subjectchemodectomaen_US
dc.subjectparagangliomaen_US
dc.subjectlymphomaen_US
dc.titleDiagnosi e terapia dei tumori cardiaci nel cane e nel gattoen_US
dc.title.alternativeDiagnosis and treatment of cardiac tumors in dogs and catsen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.subject.miurVET/08en_US
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