title: The case for routine intraoperative ECG monitoring.
abstract: Monitoring of the ECG is not advocated as the sole means of assessing cardiovascular function, but it does play an essential role in the diagnosis of intraoperative arrhythmias and does alert the anesthesiologist to potentially serious problems, which may otherwise go unrecognized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D004285:Dogs / Q000502:physiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000662:veterinary*; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary