Risk factors for atrial fibrillation during racing in slow-finishing horses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 84-88

  Ohmura, Hajime ^a   Hiraga, Atsushi ^a   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Kai, Makoto ^a   Jones, James H ^b  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JAPAN; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0037870229     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.223.84     Document Type: Article

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