Stress echocardiography and its role in performance assessment.
Stress echocardiography in the horse is in its infancy, and investigations need to continue to determine the significance and mechanism of postexercise echocardiographic abnormalities detected in horses. This work should be coupled with investigations on the exercise-induced changes in cardiac isoenzymes, cTnI, arterial oxygen content, and cardiac rhythm that may occur concurrently. With continued investigations into the cardiovascular problems that occur in the exercising horse, the sport horse veterinarian should be better able to accurately diagnose and treat problems causing poor performance in the horse.
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Department of Clinical Studies, Section of Sports Medicine and Imaging, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA. vreef@vet.upenn.edu
D000818:Animals; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*