Heart disease is common in humans and chimpanzees, but is caused by different pathological processes

Authors: Nissi Varki, Dan Anderson, James G. Herndon, Tho Pham, Christopher J. Gregg, Monica Cheriyan, James Murphy, Elizabeth Strobert, Jo Fritz, James G. Else, Ajit Varki

Publication/Journal: Evolutionary Applications

Keywords: atherosclerosis, evolution, great ape, heart attacks, heart disease, heart failure, hominids, myocardial fibrosis.

2009

Arterial vascularization in the giraffe brain

Authors: Hieronim Frackowiak Hubert Jakubowski

Publication/Journal: Annales zoologici Fennici

Keywords: artery, brain, giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe

2008

Two-dimensional echocardiographic anatomy of the snake heart (Python molurus bivittatus)

Authors: P.S. Snyder, N.G. Shaw, D.J. Heard

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound

Keywords: echocardiography, heart, reptile, snake

1999