Normal and pathological electrocardiographic patterns in the Cebus monkey.
The normal electrocardiographic (ECG) pattern was determined for Cebus monkeys and compared with those obtained in animals subjected to experimental heart damage. ECG patterns were related to the anatomopathological findings in both normal and treated animals. The anatomic study revealed a vertical heart in which both ventricles constituted the frontal aspect. The experimental heart injury either through the inoculation of Trypanosoma cruzi or after the treatment with isoproterenol induced ECG changes which were correlated with specific anatomopathological lesions.
D000818:Animals; D002427:Cebidae / Q000502:physiology*; D002428:Cebus / Q000502:physiology*; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000503:physiopathology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male