1. TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION AND SERUM CARDIAC TROPONIN VALUES IN ANESTHETIZED HEALTHY FEMALE SOUTHERN SEA OTTERS (ENHYDRA LUTRIS NEREIS)
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Megan E. Moriarty, Cara L. Field, Christine K. Johnson, Michael J. Murray, Catherine T. Gunther-Harrington, and Lance Adams
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Aorta ,Cardiac troponin ,General Veterinary ,biology ,Enhydra lutris ,business.industry ,Antemortem Diagnosis ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,Left atrial ,Internal medicine ,biology.animal ,medicine.artery ,Troponin I ,cardiovascular system ,medicine ,Cardiology ,Animal Science and Zoology ,cardiovascular diseases ,Prospective cohort study ,business ,Nereis - Abstract
Information about antemortem cardiac evaluation in sea otters (Enhydra lutris) is limited, despite well-established clinical care and rehabilitation procedures and a reported elevated risk of cardiac disease for this species. Serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI) concentration and echocardiographic assessment are two ways of screening for and diagnosing cardiac disease. However, no baseline data or reference intervals for either evaluation are published for sea otters. The objectives of this prospective study were to establish serum cTnI concentrations and echocardiographic technique and quantitative measurements in anesthetized healthy female southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) (n=15). Serum cTnI values were assessed by a high-sensitivity assay. Serum cTnI concentration ranged from
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- 2021
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