Electrocardiograms of Nine Species of Nonhuman Primates Sedated with Ketamine

Abstract

Electrocardiograms were studied in nine species of nonhuman primates sedated with ketamine hydrochloride. Electrocardiographic values were similar in all species although heart rate and other rate-related values (QT and PR intervals) were species-dependent. Arrhythmias were infrequent. Ketamine hydrochloride did not appear to induce marked alterations in the ECG of primates.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 11, 1979
Accession Number
ADA090927

Entities

People

  • Elizabeth A. Gard
  • Janet C. Gonder
  • Nathaniel E. Lott Iii

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Animals
  • Biomedical Research
  • Electrocardiography
  • Health Services
  • Heart
  • Heart Rate
  • Intervals
  • Ketamine
  • Low Voltage
  • Macaca Fascicularis
  • Monkeys
  • Primates
  • Rhesus Monkeys
  • Rodents
  • Squirrel Monkeys
  • Terahertz Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Cardiovascular Physiology