Pulmonary artery dissection in eight dogs with patent ductus arteriosus

Pulmonary artery dissection causing haemothorax in a cat: potential role of Dirofilaria immitis infection and literature review

“…Pulmonary artery dissection is a very unusual finding in veterinary medicine, since it has only been reported in dogs [6,7,8,9] and cattle [8].…”

“…Pulmonary artery dissection is generally associated with aortic dissection [4,5,8], but single pulmonary artery involvement is also described [8,9]. Sporadic cases of aortic dissection associated with systemic hypertension have been observed in cat [11,12], but to the best of authors' knowledge no reports of pulmonary artery dissection are currently available in feline species.…”

“…Pulmonary artery dissection due to chronic pulmonary hypertension has also been observed in one dog [9]. In people, pulmonary artery dissection usually develops in patients with pulmonary hypertension of various causes [16].…”

“…University of Turin's Institutional Research Information System and Open Access Institutional Repository with patent ductus arteriosus [6,9] or anomalous vessels [8] is considered the main predisposing cause in dogs. Marfan's syndrome [10] and secondary degenerative cystic wall changes [9] are also reported as underlying causes in cattle and dogs, respectively.…”

“…Marfan's syndrome [10] and secondary degenerative cystic wall changes [9] are also reported as underlying causes in cattle and dogs, respectively.…”