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Fatal rupture of the brachiocephalic artery in a dog
T Arimura1, N Machida, Y Nishida
1Department of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan.
Journal of Comparative Pathology
|May 9, 1998
Abstract:
A case of arterial rupture that caused sudden death in a 3-year-old dog is presented. Rupture of the brachiocephalic artery was located just distal to the origin of the left common carotid artery. Histological examination of the vessel wall revealed necrosis of the media.