Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Echocardiography in assessing mitral valve motion in 3 horses with atrial fibrillation.
- Journal:
- Equine veterinary journal
- Year:
- 1980
- Authors:
- Wingfield, W E et al.
- Species:
- horse
Abstract
Echocardiography is a non-invasive, safe means of assessing intracardiac structures and their motion. In the normal motion of the mitral valve there is anterior motion noted during atrial systole. In 3 horses with atrial fibrillation the mitral valve motion had no anterior motion to correspond with atrial contractions. Quinidine returned the electrocardiogram of one horse to a sinus rhythm after which echocardiography demonstrated the reappearance of the anterior motion of the mitral valve.
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