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CardiOvascular examination in awake Orangutans ( <i>Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus</i> ): Low-stress Echocardiography including Speckle Tracking imaging (the COOLEST method)
2021-07-23
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<h4>Introduction</h4> Cardiovascular diseases have been identified as a major cause of mortality and morbidity in Borneo orangutans ( Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus ). Transthoracic echocardiography is usually performed under anesthesia in great apes, which may be stressful and risky in cardiac animals. The aim of the present pilot study was hence to develop a quick and non-stressful echocardiographic method (i.e., the...
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- Literature Corpus work
- f04edb85-fd2d-55f4-850e-a4eef4d54781
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.07.23.453539
