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.
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1 December 2004
COEXISTING TRICUSPID VALVE DYSPLASIA AND VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT IN A YOUNG PATAS MONKEY (ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS)
Liang Sao-Ling,
Yu Jane-Fang,
Cheng Chian-Ren,
Chin Shih-Chien
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 35 • No. 4
December 2004
Vol. 35 • No. 4
December 2004
congenital heart defect
Erythrocebus patas
Patas monkey
tricuspid valve dysplasia
ventricular septal defect