Echocardiographic diagnosis of muscular ventricular septal defect in a cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis).
There have been only a few case reports of heart disease in monkeys. In the case we present, a cardiac murmur was auscultated in a 26-month-old male cynomolgus monkey during a routine physical examination. Echocardiography of this monkey revealed features indicating blood flow from the left ventricle to the right ventricle through the ventricular septum. These findings clarified that the animal had a muscular interventricular septal defect.
Koie
Hiroshi
H
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-8510 Japan.
Ageyama
Naohide
N
Ono
Fumiko
F
Kanayama
Kiichi
K
Sakai
Takeo
T
Sankai
Tadashi
T
D000818:Animals; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000662:veterinary