Severe heart failure with pericardial effusion, pleural effusion, and bilateral thoracic and abdominal echymosis

Severe heart failure with pericardial effusion, pleural effusion, and bilateral thoracic and abdominal echymosis

13 year old mn Italian Greyhound with presented yesterday to the rDVM with severe dyspnea and severe, bilateral echymosis along the thorax and abdomen.  O states dog was not hit by a car. Chest radiographs showed pleural effusion and loss of the cardiac silhouette Labwork done yesterday showed a mild anemia, and ALKP=200’s, normal platelets…

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