Feasibility of Baseline cardIac investiGation in awake elepHants (Elephas mAximus) using tRansThoracic echocardiography: The BIG HEART study
The present validated TTE procedure enables longitudinal cardiac monitoring in captive Asian elephants without anesthesia, providing a unique opportunity for the antemortem diagnosis of left-sided heart disease and facilitating future comparative and conservation studies in this endangered species.
Authors
- M. Bureau
- Antonin Boutibou
- Mathieu Magnin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0898-5425)
- Norin Chai
- Coline Baillon
- Valérie Chetboul
Institutions
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- École Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort (FR)
- Université Paris-Est Créteil (FR)
- Association pour l'Utilisation du Rein Artificiel dans la région Lyonnaise (FR)
- VetAgro Sup (FR)
- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (FR)
- Institut Technique de l'Agriculture Biologique (FR)
- Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-02-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333463
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Conditions and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00