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 |
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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.