title: The Equine Neonatal Cardiovascular System in Health and Disease.
abstract: The neonatal foal is in a transitional state from prenatal to postnatal circulation. Healthy newborn foals often have cardiac murmurs and dysrhythmias, which are usually transient and of little clinical significance. The neonatal foal is prone to infection and cardiac trauma. Echocardiography is the main tool used for valuation of the cardiovascular system. With prompt identification and appropriate action, dysrhythmias and other sequel to cardiac trauma can be corrected. With infection, the management and prognosis are driven by concurrent sepsis. Congenital disease represents an interesting diagnostic challenge for the neonatologist, but surgical correction is not appropriate for most equids.
authors.affiliation: Rossdales Equine Hospital and Diagnostic Centre, Cotton End Road, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7NN, UK. Electronic address: celia.marr@rossdales.com.
authors.forename: Celia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Marr
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000254:growth & development*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006736:Horses
keywords: Cardiac infection; Cardiac trauma; Computed tomography; Congenital cardiac disease; Dysrhythmia; Echocardiography; Pericarditis; Prenatal to postnatal adaptation