title: Use of ultrasonography for the detection of aortic-iliac thrombosis in horses.
abstract: Two dimensional ultrasonographic evaluation of the iliac arteries and terminal portion of the aorta was utilized in 18 horses with histories of exercise intolerance or hindlimb lameness. A plaque or thrombus was imaged in one or more of these vessels in 5 horses. In 2 horses, the initial rectal examination findings were normal and the thrombus may have been missed without the use of diagnostic ultrasonography.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006736:Horses; D007083:Iliac Artery; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000662:veterinary*