Use of dopamine hydrochloride during general anesthesia in the treatment of advanced atrioventricular heart block in four foals.
Heart block is a relatively common arrhythmia in the adult horse. It may be a normal physiologic phenomenon or it may have pathologic implication. Four foals in which advanced heart block developed during anesthesia were unresponsive to atropine sulfate and supportive treatment alone. Resolution of the heart blocks was achieved after the addition of dopamine hydrochloride to the therapeutic regimen.
D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D004298:Dopamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006327:Heart Block / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male
D004298:Dopamine