Intracardiac overdrive pacing as a treatment of atrial flutter in a horse.
A five-year-old warmblood mare with atrial fibrillation was treated with quinidine sulphate. The atrial rhythm changed to atrial flutter and, because there were toxic effects, the treatment was discontinued. Seven months after the occurrence of the atrial flutter, treatment with a rapid atrial pacing technique restored a normal sinus rhythm. One year after the pacing therapy the horse was still in sinus rhythm and had been brought back into training.
Van Loon
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Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Biology of Large Animal, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Jordaens
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L
Muylle
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E
Nollet
H
H
Sustronck
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B
D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006736:Horses; D011802:Quinidine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D011802:Quinidine