Ultrasonic measurement of arterial blood pressure in conditioned thoroughbreds.
Indirect systolic and diastolic arterial pressure measurements of 456 Thoroughbred horses of various ages and sex stabled at 9 different race tracks were measured with an ultrasonic-Doppler device interfaced with a sphygmomanometer cuff. The mean systolic pressure was 111.8 +/- 13.3 mmHg and the mean diastolic pressure was 69.6 +/- 13.8 mmHg in this population.
D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000502:physiology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal; D013623:Tail / Q000098:blood supply; D014463:Ultrasonography