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-Caval Syndrome has a 50% survival with surgical removal of the heart worms
-Caval Syndrome has a 50% survival with surgical removal of the heart worms
*Establish in '''heart''' and [[Lungs Circulatory - Pathology|pulmonary arteries]]
*Larvae migrate through connective tissue
*Immature adults move to caudal distal pulmonary arteries causing diffuse eosinophilic reaction in lung parenchyma, then migrate back to right ventricle
*May cause [[Lungs Circulatory - Pathology#Embolism, thrombosis and infarction|pulmonary thromboembolism]]
[[Category:Filarioidea]]
[[Category:Filarioidea]]