Key result
Implantable loop recorders enable effective surgical implantation and remote data collection in 13 great apes.
Why the study?
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in zoologically managed adult great apes, and implantable loop recorders have been used to monitor arrhythmias to better understand heart disease causes.
Implantable loop recorders can be utilized in great apes to monitor for arrhythmias and better understand the high burden of cardiovascular disease in these species.
May enable arrhythmia monitoring in great apes; hypothesis-generating for primate cardiovascular research.
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.
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Kutinsky et al. (2023) conducted a review in Suspected or known arrhythmia (n=13). Implantable loop recorders (ILRs) was evaluated on Development of effective methods for surgical implantation and remote collection of data. Implantable loop recorders (21 devices) were surgically placed in 13 great apes over a 10-year period to develop effective methods for implantation and remote data collection.
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