Table 2.
Microscopic findings in myocardium of twenty owl monkeys with sudden death or euthanized.
| Animal number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex: Male (M) or Female (F) | F | F | F | M | M | F | M | M | M | F | M | M | M | F | F | M | M | M | F | M |
| Died (D) or Euthanized (E) | E | D | D | D | E | E | D | E | D | E | D | E | E | E | D | E | E | E | E | E |
| “Wavy” myofibers | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Coagulation necrosis | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||
| Interstitial edema | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Hemorrhage | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||||||||
| Nuclei pyknosis | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| Myocyte hypereosinophilia | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Contraction band necrosis | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| Neutrophilic infiltrate | x | x | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loss of nuclei & striations | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| Disintegration of dead myofibers | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||||
| Macrophages | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||||
| Lymphocyte/plasma cell infiltra | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Eosinophil infiltrate | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||||
| Collagen deposition | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| “Anitschkow” type cells | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||
| Dense collagenous scar | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Complement C9 immune stain | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
x, indicates presence/positive.