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- Title
Surgical placement of implantable cardiac loop recorders in great apes.
- Authors
Kutinsky, Ilana; Duncan, Ann; Danforth, Marietta D.; Murray, Suzan; Napier, Julie; McCain, Stephanie; Murphy, Hayley W.
- Abstract
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in zoologically managed adult great apes, accounting for 29%−77% of adult deaths in the North American population depending on the species. In an effort to better understand the underlying causes of heart disease, implantable loop recorders (ILRs) have been used in some cases to monitor great apes with suspected or known cases of arrhythmia. This is a 10‐year review of the Great Ape Heart Project's experience of implanting 21 ILRs in 7 gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla; 9 total ILR devices), 5 chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes, 11 total ILR devices), and 1 orangutan (Pongo abelii, 1 ILR device) in an effort to develop effective methods for surgical implantation and remote collection of the data for analysis. Research Highlights: Cardiac health monitoring using implantable loop recorders contributes to the Great Ape Heart Project's research efforts to better understand cardiovascular disease in great apes and further enhance their care. The cardiac monitors, the same ones used to monitor humans, are used to track apes' heart activity for signs of irregular heartbeats, called arrhythmias, and upload the data to the Great Ape Heart Project.
- Subjects
GORILLA (Genus); HOMINIDS; ARRHYTHMIA; CHIMPANZEES; HEART diseases; UPLOADING of data; ORANGUTANS
- Publication
American Journal of Primatology, 2023, Vol 85, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0275-2565
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ajp.23471