Ventricular arrhythmias during race recovery in standardbred racehorses and associations with autonomic activity

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1158-1166

  Physick Sheard, P W ^a   McGurrin, M K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Suboptimal performance; Sudden death; Torsades; Vagotonia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; SPORTS;

ANIMALIA; CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 77957922939     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0553.x     Document Type: Article

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