Unipolar thoracic electrocardiography that induces QRS complexes of relative uniformity from male horses.
Electrocardiograms were obtained from 100 male crossbred horses. In addition to standard limb leads, leads were taken from 12 points on the thorax. The QRS complexes were categorized into 1 of 8 forms on the basis of configuration and amplitudes of component deflections. Relative uniformity of QRS was determined for each lead, using the percentage of horses that possess a particular configuration. All unipolar thoracic leads, except those coplanar with the frontal plane, and lead aVR had great uniformity, with greater than 80% of the horses with a QRS of similar contour.
Physiology Department, Veterinary School, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
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D000818:Animals; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000662:veterinary*; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male