Clinical Cardiology, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice

This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice, Guest Edited by Dr.

Colin Schwarzwald and Dr.

Katharyn Mitchell, in collaboration with Consulting Editor Dr.

Thomas Divers, focuses on Clinical Cardiology.

Article topics include: An overview of the equine heart in health and disease; Examination of horses with cardiac disease; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Cardiac arrhythmias; Congenital cardiac disease; Acquired valvular disease; Pericardial disease, myocardial disease, and great vessel abnormalities; CV causes of exercise intolerance and poor performance; Assessment of the CV system during prepurchase and insurance examinations; Monitoring of the CV system; Response to exercise and training; and Drugs used to treat cardiac disease.