Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Behaviour of the heart rate of horses with auricular fibrillation during exercise and after treatment.
- Journal:
- Equine veterinary journal
- Year:
- 1976
- Authors:
- Buntenkötter, S & Deegen, E
- Species:
- horse
Abstract
Cardioversion through varying quinidine sulphate treatments was achieved in 3 riding horses with auricular fibrillation. The horses were subjected to continual telemetric ECG registration before and after reversion in a uniform exercise-tolerance-test. A comparison of the heart rate curves showed a strong decline of the heart beat frequency during the exercise phase after synchronisation. The decrease in heart rate during exercise was greater than 30% in all 3 patients. Anti-arrhythmic treatment is, therefore, recommended for horses with auricular fibrillation and without concurrent heart disease.
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