Spontaneous hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis in a titi monkey.
An adult male Callicebus moloch was presented for acute congestive heart failure. Therapy was unsuccessful and necropsy showed severe systemic atherosclerosis. Analysis of serum revealed hypercholesterolemia with specific elevation of the betalipoprotein fraction.
D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000473:pathology; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D011323:Primates