QUADRICUSPID AORTIC-VALVE AND SINGLE CORONARY-ARTERY IN A GREATER WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW, CROCIDURA-RUSSULA

Authors
DURAN AC
Citation
Ac. Duran, QUADRICUSPID AORTIC-VALVE AND SINGLE CORONARY-ARTERY IN A GREATER WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW, CROCIDURA-RUSSULA, Journal of wildlife diseases, 32(4), 1996, pp. 658-660
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of wildlife diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00903558
Volume
32
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
658 - 660
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-3558(1996)32:4<658:QAASCI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
An adult greater white-toothed. shrew (Crocidura russula) had both a q uadricuspid aortic valve and a single coronary artery arising from the aorta. The shrew was caught on 10 May 1994 in the environs of Malaga, southern Spain. Both congenital anomalies may be potential causes of cardiac dysfunction, but apparently produced no significant cardiac co mplication in the shrew. This is the first report of a quadricuspid ao rtic value in a wild-living mammal.