Two Feline Cases of Aortic Thromboembolism

Abstract

A diagnosis of aortic thromboembolism was made on two castrated Japanese indigenous male cats 4 years and 5 months and 6 years old, respectively. These cats was affected with cold sensation in both posterior extremities and pulsus deletus of the femoral artery. Aortography revealed hemokinetic disturbances around the point of origin of the external iliac artery. One dog died and confirmed to be affected with thrombosis at this point. Thombectomy was performed on the other dog, which died on the following day of the operation.