title: Pentoxifylline as adjunct therapy to long-term clinical management of a right-to-left patent ductus arteriosus.
abstract: Management of a right-to-left ("reversed") patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) focuses on control of clinical signs associated with hyperviscosity due to erythrocytosis. Pentoxifylline therapy is presented as an adjunct to routine phlebotomies for the long-term clinical management of reversed PDA in a 10-year-old Chihuahua.
authors.affiliation: Atlantic Veterinary College, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D004285:Dogs; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D010431:Pentoxifylline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D010431:Pentoxifylline