Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Horses: Pathophysiology, Diagnostics and Clinical Aspects
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Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Horses : Pathophysiology, Diagnostics and Clinical Aspects. / Kjeldsen, Sofie Troest; Nissen, Sarah Dalgas; Buhl, Rikke; Hopster-Iversen, Charlotte.
I: Animals, Bind 12, Nr. 6, 698, 2022.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Review › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Horses
T2 - Pathophysiology, Diagnostics and Clinical Aspects
AU - Kjeldsen, Sofie Troest
AU - Nissen, Sarah Dalgas
AU - Buhl, Rikke
AU - Hopster-Iversen, Charlotte
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in horses causing poor performance. As in humans, the condition can be intermittent in nature, known as paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (pAF). This review covers the literature relating to pAF in horses and includes references to the human literature to compare pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic tools and treatment. The arrhythmia is diagnosed by auscultation and electrocardiography (ECG), and clinical signs can vary from sudden loss of racing performance to reduced fitness or no signs at all. If left untreated, pAF may promote electrical, functional and structural remodeling of the myocardium, thus creating a substrate that is able to maintain the arrhythmia, which over time may progress into permanent AF. Long-term ECG monitoring is essential for diagnosing the condition and fully understanding the duration and frequency of pAF episodes. The potential to adapt human cardiac monitoring systems and computational ECG analysis is therefore of interest and may benefit future diagnostic tools in equine medicine.
AB - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in horses causing poor performance. As in humans, the condition can be intermittent in nature, known as paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (pAF). This review covers the literature relating to pAF in horses and includes references to the human literature to compare pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic tools and treatment. The arrhythmia is diagnosed by auscultation and electrocardiography (ECG), and clinical signs can vary from sudden loss of racing performance to reduced fitness or no signs at all. If left untreated, pAF may promote electrical, functional and structural remodeling of the myocardium, thus creating a substrate that is able to maintain the arrhythmia, which over time may progress into permanent AF. Long-term ECG monitoring is essential for diagnosing the condition and fully understanding the duration and frequency of pAF episodes. The potential to adapt human cardiac monitoring systems and computational ECG analysis is therefore of interest and may benefit future diagnostic tools in equine medicine.
KW - Arrhythmia
KW - Electrocardiogram
KW - Equine cardiology
KW - Implantable loop recorder
KW - Long-term monitoring device
KW - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
KW - Poor performance
U2 - 10.3390/ani12060698
DO - 10.3390/ani12060698
M3 - Review
C2 - 35327097
AN - SCOPUS:85126009270
VL - 12
JO - Animals
JF - Animals
SN - 2076-2615
IS - 6
M1 - 698
ER -
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