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Cardiology of the horse /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Marr, Celia M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : W. B. Saunders, 1999.
Subjects:
Horse Diseases > physiopathology.
Heart Diseases > veterinary.
Horse Diseases > diagnosis.
Horses > physiology.
Table of Contents:
  • Sect. 1. Physiology and pathophysiology
  • Ventricular function
  • Control of cardiovascular function : physiology and pharmacology
  • Cardiac responses to exercise and training
  • Pathophysiology of heart failure
  • Electrophysiology and arrhythmiogenesis
  • Sect. 2. Diagnostic methods
  • Auscultation
  • Two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography
  • Doppler echocardiography
  • Transoesphageal echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography and echocardiography in the exercising horse
  • Heart rate variability
  • Sect. 3. Clinical problems in equine cardiology
  • Arrhythmias
  • Cardiac murmurs : congenital heart disease
  • Cardiac murmurs : acquired valvular disease
  • Fever: endocarditis and pericarditis
  • Collapse
  • Heart failure
  • Cardiovascular emergencies associated with anaesthesia.