Evaluation of a ventricular septal defect in an orangutan: a case report.
A 15-year-old male Sumatran orangutan (Pongo pymaeus abeli) with a history of an interventricular septal defect was evaluated with cardiac catheterization and two-dimensional echocardiography. Results demonstrated that by Homo sapiens standards the right heart pressures were normal. The oxygen saturations were consistent with a small ventricular septal defect. Echocardiography demonstrated a slight enlargement of the right ventricle.
D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D000818:Animals; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D006326:Heart Auscultation; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D015186:Hominidae; D008297:Male; D011148:Pongo pygmaeus