PMID- 8578649
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19960314
LR  - 20190702
IS  - 0042-4900 (Print)
IS  - 0042-4900 (Linking)
VI  - 137
IP  - 15
DP  - 1995 Oct 7
TI  - Continuous monitoring of ECG in horses at rest and during exercise.
PG  - 371-4
AB  - A method for the continuous monitoring of the electrocardiogram (ECG) of horses 
      at rest and during exercise was evaluated in five healthy horses. The horses 
      spent 24 hours in a loose box and performed a standardised exercise test on a 
      treadmill during this period. Two bipolar leads were recorded, lead 1 between the 
      xiphoid and the left withers, and lead 2 between the left ventral thorax and the 
      left dorsal thorax, using disposable electrodes. The quality of the ECGs enabled 
      both an 'operator-controlled' and an automatic analysis to be made. Lead 1 was 
      the most stable during exercise and lead 2 during rest in the loose box. The 
      heart rate and occurrence of arrhythmias were assessed over 22 hours. During the 
      boxed period the heart rate varied from 31 +/- 2 to 138 +/- 11 beats per minute 
      (bpm) and during exercise it varied from 79 +/- 8 to 177 +/- 12 bpm. All the 
      horses had sinus arrhythmias, sinus tachycardias and second degree 
      atrioventricular blocks. One horse developed a ventricular escape rhythm.
FAU - Scheffer, C W
AU  - Scheffer CW
AD  - Department of Large Animal Medicine and Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary 
      Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
FAU - Robben, J H
AU  - Robben JH
FAU - Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan, M M
AU  - Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan MM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Vet Rec
JT  - The Veterinary record
JID - 0031164
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Arrhythmias, Cardiac/epidemiology/physiopathology/veterinary
MH  - Electrocardiography/methods/*veterinary
MH  - Exercise Test/veterinary
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart/*physiology
MH  - Heart Block/epidemiology/physiopathology/veterinary
MH  - Horse Diseases/diagnosis/epidemiology/physiopathology
MH  - Horses/*physiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Netherlands/epidemiology
MH  - Physical Conditioning, Animal/*physiology
MH  - Rest/*physiology
MH  - Tachycardia/epidemiology/physiopathology/veterinary
EDAT- 1995/10/07 00:00
MHDA- 1995/10/07 00:01
CRDT- 1995/10/07 00:00
PHST- 1995/10/07 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1995/10/07 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1995/10/07 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1136/vr.137.15.371 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Vet Rec. 1995 Oct 7;137(15):371-4. doi: 10.1136/vr.137.15.371.