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Evaluation of a ventricular septal defect in an orangutan: a case report |
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| Authors: | R A Cook P Sheppardson M McGinn M L Roskop B Y Wong |
| Abstract: | A 15-year-old male Sumatran orangutan (Pongo pymaeus abeli) with a history of an interventricular septal defect was evaluated with cardiac catheterization and two-dimensional echocardiography. Results demonstrated that by Homo sapiens standards the right heart pressures were normal. The oxygen saturations were consistent with a small ventricular septal defect. Echocardiography demonstrated a slight enlargement of the right ventricle. |
| Keywords: | Cardiac catheterization two-dimensional echocardiography oxygen saturation cardiac septal defect sumatran orangutan |