Electrocardiography in thoroughbred horses
The Thoroughbreds horses are highly competitive athletes under great physical demands. To achieve a good performance they need a constant adaptation process of the cardiovascular system to exercise. Within the routine examination of this system, a substantial number of cardiovascular abnormalities can be detected (arrhythmias, murmurs, splitting of heart sounds, etc.), since these animals are competing successfully, it is logical to think that these correspond to the expression of the adaptation process of the cardiovascular system to exercise and not necessarily organically based pathology. Therefore, a very important and useful tool is the collection and interpretation of an electrocardiogram (recording of electrical activity of the heart). Age, training, competition, gender, among others, are variables that affect some of the electrocardiographic parameters. To complete a proper interpretation of the electrical activity generated by cardiac mass, it is necessary to obtain a vector analysis of the electrocardiogram.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
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Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias
2009
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| Online Access: | https://avancesveterinaria.uchile.cl/index.php/ACV/article/view/18268 |
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