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Case Reports
. 2015 Nov-Dec;29(6):1627-8.
doi: 10.1111/jvim.13637. Epub 2015 Oct 12.

Dissolution of Urinary Bladder Clots in a Dog with Alteplase

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Dissolution of Urinary Bladder Clots in a Dog with Alteplase

C Pineda et al. J Vet Intern Med. 2015 Nov-Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: Canine; Idiopathic renal hematuria; Intravesical clot; Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator.

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Ultrasound images of the urinary bladder, before (A) and after (B) intravesical treatment with alteplase. Note the presence of a large intravesical clot before treatment and its dissolution after instillation of alteplase.

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