In vitro ultrasonographic appearance of the normal and verminous equine aorta, cranial mesenteric artery, and its branches

Wallace, K.D.; Selcer, B.A.; Tyler, D.E.; Brown, J.

In vitro ultrasonographic appearance of the normal and verminous equine aorta, cranial mesenteric artery, and its branches

1989

Wallace, K.D. | Selcer, B.A. | Tyler, D.E. | Brown, J.

Ninety-one equine aortic and cranial mesenteric arterial segments were evaluated ultrasonographically in a water bath. On the basis of pathologic evidence of verminous arteritis, arterial segments were classified into 4 categories, and the ultrasonographic characteristics of each group were evaluated. Normal arteries (class 1) were ultrasonographically characterized by a smooth luminal surface layer and uniform wall thickness and echogenicity. Arteries with only histopathologic evidence of verminous arteritis (class 2) were ultrasonographically characterized by a smooth luminal surface layer, uniform thickness, uniform echogenicity, and the presence of a hyperechoic luminal layer. Arteries with both gross and histopathologic evidence of verminous arterities (class 3) were characterized ultrasonographically by an irregular luminal surface layer, varying wall thickness, varying wall echogenicity, and the presence of a hyperechoic luminal layer. The ultrasonographic characteristics of arteries with luminal thrombosis (class 4) were an irregular luminal surface, varying wall thickness, and nonuniform echogenicity.

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