title: Coexisting tricuspid valve dysplasia and ventricular septal defect in a young patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas).
abstract: A 1.5-kg, 6-mo-old male patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) was cyanotic and panting. Evaluation of the heart by electrocardiography, thoracic radiography, two-dimensional echocardiography, and Doppler color-flow echocardiography revealed a ventricular septal defect (VSD) with right-to-left shunting as well as tricuspid valve dysplasia with dilated annulus of the tricuspid ring, dilated right atrium, dilated right ventricle, and deformity of the tricuspid valve. Because of the severity of the cardiac disease, the patas monkey had complications recovering from anesthesia and died 3 days later. Gross postmortem findings included VSD, tricuspid dysplasia, and cerebral hemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sao-Ling
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jane-Fang
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chian-Ren
authors.forename: Chin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shih-Chien
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004901:Erythrocebus patas; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000662:veterinary; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000473:pathology*