Chronic hypertension with subsequent congestive heart failure in a western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 262-267

  Miller, Christine L ^a   Schwartz, Alan M ^b   Barnhart Jr , Jay S ^c   Bell, Michael D ^c  

^a Miami Metrozoo   (United States)

^b Florida Institute of Health   (United States)

^c Dade County Medical Examiner Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Enalapril; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Heart failure; Nifedipine; Systemic hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ENALAPRIL; NIFEDIPINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUTHANASIA; FATALITY; GORILLA; HEART MUSCLE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; APE DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENALAPRIL; EUTHANASIA; FATAL OUTCOME; GORILLA GORILLA; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NIFEDIPINE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033143875     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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