Atrial fibrillation in the horse: Retrospective study on 30 subjects;Fibrillazione atriale nel cavallo: Studio retrospettivo su trenta casi

Ippologia

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 5-14

  Guglielmini, Carlo ^a   Diana, Alessia ^b   Lightowler, Carlos ^c   Ragaini, Ludovica ^a   Pietra, Marco ^b   Cipone, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cardiac diseases; Echo Doppler; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Horse

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DIGOXIN; QUINIDINE SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VALVE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HORSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 2942635761     PISSN: 11205776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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