Myocardial fibrosis in a horse with polymorphic ventricular tachycardia observed during general anesthesia.
Ventricular dysrhythmias are more commonly associated with myocardial disease than are supraventricular dysrhythmias. Management of arrhythmias under general anesthesia is difficult because of the dysrhythmogenic effects of the anesthetic drugs. This report describes a severe ventricular dysrhythmia observed in a pony under general anesthesia, with a severe and old myocardial fibrosis found on postmortem examination.
Coudry
Virginie
V
Clinique equine - CIRALE, DEPEC, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, 7, avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France. vcoudry@vet-alfort.fr
Jean
Daniel
D
Desbois
Christophe
C
Tnibar
Aziz
A
Laugier
Claire
C
George
Catherine
C
D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*