title: Echocardiographic and electrocardiographic characteristics of male and female squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.).
abstract: Cardiomyopathy is a leading cause of mortality in aging squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.). However, data regarding echocardiographic measures obtained from clinically healthy nonsedated squirrel monkeys have not been published, and few electrocardiographic data are available. Here we obtained echocardiographs without sedation and electrocardiographs with minimal sedation from 63 clinically healthy squirrel monkeys that ranged from 3 to 20 y in age. 2D and M-mode echocardiography were performed on nonsedated monkeys to determine the left ventricular internal diameters at systole and diastole and the ejection fraction. Electrocardiography was performed under sedation with ketamine (15 mg/kg). Parameters evaluated included heart rate; P-wave duration; lengths of the PR, QRS, and QT intervals; R-wave amplitude, and P-wave amplitude. Initial physical examination, electrocardiography, and echocardiography indicated normal cardiac function for all monkeys. The objectives of this study were to provide reference values for nonsedated echocardiography and ketamine-sedated electrocardiography of clinically normal squirrel monkeys and to determine correlates of age and sex in these values.
authors: Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. monikag@stanford.edu.
authors: Monika K
authors: MK
authors: Huss
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
authors: Fumiaki
authors: F
authors: Ikeno
authors: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
authors: Christine L
authors: CL
authors: Buckmaster
authors: Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors: Megan A
authors: MA
authors: Albertelli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000662:veterinary; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012453:Saimiri / Q000502:physiology*; D013599:Systole
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