The clinician's approach to equine cardiology.
The author considers some of the difficulties the clinician may be faced with when giving an opinion on a horse with a cardiac abnormality. The 3 types of cardiological cases presented to the practitioner are described. The first 2 categories both exhibit a reduction in performance either with loss of bodily conduction or without it. The third group, which is the most troublesome for the clinician, involves the horse which shows a cardiological abnormality but is otherwise apparently normal.
D000818:Animals; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000662:veterinary; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006736:Horses