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1 October 1996 Quadricuspid Aortic Valve and Single Coronary Artery in a Greater White-Toothed Shrew, Crocidura russula
Ana C. Durán
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Abstract

An adult greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula) had both a quadricuspid aortic valve and a single coronary artery arising from the aorta. The shrew was caught on 10 May 1994 in the environs of Málaga, southern Spain. Both congenital anomalies may be potential causes of cardiac dysfunction, but apparently produced no significant cardiac complication in the shrew. This is the first report of a quadricuspid aortic valve in a wild-living mammal.

Durán: Quadricuspid Aortic Valve and Single Coronary Artery in a Greater White-Toothed Shrew, Crocidura russula
Ana C. Durán "Quadricuspid Aortic Valve and Single Coronary Artery in a Greater White-Toothed Shrew, Crocidura russula," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 32(4), 658-660, (1 October 1996). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-32.4.658
Received: 8 November 1995; Published: 1 October 1996
KEYWORDS
coronary artery anomalies
Crocidura russula
heart
Insectivora
quadricuspid aortic valve
Soricidae
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