Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension and atrial fibrillation in an adult chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 56-60

  Lammey, Michael L ^a   Doane, Cynthia J ^b   Gigliotti, Andrew ^c   Lee, D Rick ^a   Sleeper, Meg M ^d  

^a Alamogordo Primate Facility   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHIMPANZEE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ASPIRIN; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DIGOXIN; DIURETICS; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRIMATE DISEASES;

HOMINIDAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 54149101512     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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