Heart murmurs and valvular regurgitation in thoroughbred race-horses: Epidemiology and associations with athletic performance

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 418-426

  Young, Lesley E ^a   Rogers, K ^b   Wood, J L N ^c  

^a Specialist Cardiology Services   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ability; Aortic; Cardiac; Equine; Insufficiency; Mitral; Tricuspid; Valve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMUR; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMURS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANIMALIA; CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 42449113835     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2008.0053.x     Document Type: Article

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