Lammey Michael L, Jackson Raven, Ely John J, Lee D Rick, Sleeper Meg M
Alamogordo Primate Facility, Holloman Air Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.
Comp Med. 2011 Feb;61(1):71-5.
Cardiovascular disease in general, and cardiac arrhythmias specifically, is common in great apes. However, the clinical significance of arrhythmias detected on short-duration electrocardiograms is often unclear. Here we describe the use of an implantable loop recorder to evaluate cardiac rhythms in 4 unanesthetized adult chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), 1 with a history of possible syncope and 3 with the diagnosis of multiform ventricular ectopy (ventricular premature complexes) and cardiomyopathy. The clinical significance of ventricular ectopy was defined further by using the implantable loop recorder. Arrhythmia was ruled out as a cause of collapse in the chimpanzee that presented with possible syncope because the implantable loop recorder demonstrated normal sinus rhythm during a so-called syncopal event. This description is the first report of the use of an implantable loop recorder to diagnose cardiac arrhythmias in an unanesthetized great ape species.
一般而言，心血管疾病，尤其是心律失常，在大型猿类中很常见。然而，通过短程心电图检测到的心律失常的临床意义往往并不明确。在此，我们描述了使用植入式循环记录仪对4只未麻醉的成年黑猩猩（黑猩猩属）的心律进行评估的情况，其中1只曾有过可能晕厥的病史，另外3只被诊断为多形性室性早搏（室性早搏复合体）和心肌病。通过使用植入式循环记录仪进一步明确了室性早搏的临床意义。对于那只曾出现可能晕厥症状的黑猩猩，由于植入式循环记录仪在所谓的晕厥事件期间显示窦性心律正常，因此排除了心律失常是导致其晕倒的原因。本描述是关于在未麻醉的大型猿类物种中使用植入式循环记录仪诊断心律失常的首次报告。
