{-}CardiOvascular examination in awake Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus): Low-stress Echocardiography including Speckle Tracking imaging (the COOLEST method)
V. Chetboul, D. Concordet, R. Tissier, I. Vonfeld, C. Poissonnier, M. P. Alvarado, P. Passavin, M. Gluntz, S. Lefort, A. Bourgeois, D. Duby, C. Hano, N. Chai
The paper develops a low-stress echocardiography method for awake Borneo orangutans and shows high repeatability and reproducibility of cardiac measurements.
bioRxiv · Jul 23, 2021Zoology