Cardiovascular evaluation of lowland gorillas

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 413-415

  Junge, Randall E ^a   Mezei, Leslie E ^b   Muhlbauer, Michael C ^c   Weber, Martha ^a,d  

^a St Louis Zoological Park   (United States)

^b Mercy Cardiology Clinic   (United States)

^c Veterinary Imaging Specialists   (United States)

^d Walt Disney World   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GORILLA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GORILLA GORILLA; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031990898     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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