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Abstract
Cardiology of the Horse is a multi-author, contemporary reference on equine cardiology. The first section reviews the physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology of the equine cardiovascular system. The second section describes diagnostic methods from basic to specialist examination skills and the third section addresses the investigation and management of common clinical problems using a problem-orientated approach. Suitable for students, general and specialist practitioners and teachers.
An up-to-date account of current clinical practice in equine cardiology covering:
- recent developments in research and practice
- problem-orientated approaches helpful to both general and specialist practitioners
- clinical management of specific groups from foals and racehorses to geriatric patients
- cardiac problems related to exercise, anaesthesia and intensive care
- A superb companion DVD of clinical cases with extensive footage combining theory and clinical practice:
- echocardiograms
- heart sounds and murmurs
- ECGs
- radiography
- pathology
- Extensive linking of text to DVD, integrating fundamental principles and diagnostic data with information on clinical management of specific problems.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front cover | cover | ||
| Half title page | i | ||
| Title page | iii | ||
| Copyright page | iv | ||
| Table of contents | v | ||
| Contents for the DVD | vii | ||
| Contributors | xiii | ||
| Glossary | xv | ||
| Dedication | xvii | ||
| Preface | xix | ||
| Section 1:\rPhysiology, pathophysiologyand pharmacology | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1: Introduction to cardiac anatomy and physiology | 3 | ||
| ANATOMY OF THE HEART AND GREAT VESSELS ( ET) | 3 | ||
| ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE HEART | 9 | ||
| THE CARDIAC CYCLE | 10 | ||
| NORMAL HEART SOUNDS ( EA) | 11 | ||
| VENTRICULAR FUNCTION | 11 | ||
| ATRIAL FUNCTION | 13 | ||
| ASSESSMENT OF VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND CARDIAC PERFORMANCE | 13 | ||
| REFERENCES | 18 | ||
| Chapter 2:\rNeuroendocrine control of cardiovascular function: | 21 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 21 | ||
| NEURONAL REGULATION OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM | 21 | ||
| HORMONAL CONTROL OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM | 24 | ||
| LOCAL REGULATION OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM BY THE ENDOTHELIUM | 28 | ||
| CONCLUSIONS | 30 | ||
| REFERENCES | 30 | ||
| Chapter 3:\rCardiac responses to exercise and training | 35 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 35 | ||
| CARDIAC RESPONSES TO EXERCISE | 35 | ||
| CARDIAC RESPONSES TO TRAINING | 40 | ||
| RESTING CARDIAC RHYTHM IN HORSES | 41 | ||
| ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE REGURGITATION | 41 | ||
| ROLE OF THE HEART IN DETERMINING ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE | 42 | ||
| REFERENCES | 44 | ||
| Chapter 4:\rCardiac disease and pathology | 49 | ||
| CARDIAC PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION | 49 | ||
| PRIMARY MYOCARDIAL PATHOLOGIES ( VMD) | 50 | ||
| MYOCARDIAL REMODELLING | 51 | ||
| VALVULAR PATHOLOGY ( IE, RCT, VMD) | 52 | ||
| REFERENCES | 52 | ||
| Chapter 5: Pathophysiology of heart failure | 55 | ||
| DEFINITIONS | 55 | ||
| MECHANISMS OF HEART FAILURE | 55 | ||
| ONSET OF CLINICAL SIGNS OF HEART FAILURE | 56 | ||
| SECONDARY COMPENSATORY MECHANISMS | 56 | ||
| VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY | 57 | ||
| REFERENCES | 57 | ||
| Chapter 6:\rElectrophysiology and arrhythmogenesis | 59 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 59 | ||
| RECORDING ELECTRICAL EVENTS IN CELLS | 59 | ||
| CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY | 60 | ||
| RECORDING OF CARDIAC ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY | 63 | ||
| CLASSIFICATION AND MECHANISMS OF DYSRHYTHMOGENESIS | 66 | ||
| REFERENCES | 72 | ||
| Chapter 7: Pharmacology of drugs used to treat cardiac disease | 75 | ||
| DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF MYOCARDIAL FAILURE | 75 | ||
| ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS | 76 | ||
| HYDRALAZINE | 76 | ||
| DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIAS | 80 | ||
| REFERENCES | 85 | ||
| Section 2:\rDiagnostic methods | 89 | ||
| Chapter 8:\rAuscultation | 91 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 91 | ||
| AETIOLOGY OF CARDIAC MURMURS | 91 | ||
| IDENTIFICATION OF NORMAL HEART SOUNDS ( EA) | 92 | ||
| IDENTIFICATION OF MURMURS | 93 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS OF SPECIFIC MURMURS | 96 | ||
| REFERENCES | 102 | ||
| Chapter 9:\rEchocardiography | 105 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 105 | ||
| PHYSICS AND PRINCIPLES | 105 | ||
| ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT | 109 | ||
| THE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION | 111 | ||
| INTERPRETATION OF BLOOD POOL DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAMS | 117 | ||
| IDENTIFICATION OF DISEASE-INDUCED CHANGES IN CARDIAC ANATOMY AND FUNCTION | 120 | ||
| REFERENCES | 124 | ||
| Chapter 10:\rAmbulatory electrocardiography and heart rate variability | 127 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 127 | ||
| ELECTRODE PLACEMENT FOR AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY | 128 | ||
| RESTING AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY | 129 | ||
| EXERCISING AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY | 130 | ||
| HEART RATE VARIABILITY | 130 | ||
| CONCLUSIONS | 135 | ||
| REFERENCES | 136 | ||
| Chapter 11:\rExercise and stress testing | 139 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 139 | ||
| ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY | 140 | ||
| ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY | 145 | ||
| CARDIAC OUTPUT AND DIRECT PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS | 148 | ||
| REFERENCES | 148 | ||
| Chapter 12:\rBiochemical markers of cardiovascular disease | 151 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 151 | ||
| CATECHOLAMINES | 151 | ||
| RENIN–ANGIOTENSIN–ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM | 152 | ||
| NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES | 152 | ||
| CARDIAC TROPONIN, CREATINE KINASE AND LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ( AF, PC, VT) | 153 | ||
| REFERENCES | 153 | ||
| Section 13:\rClinical problems | 157 | ||
| Chapter 13: Dysrhythmias: assessment and medical management | 159 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 159 | ||
| IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF DYSRHYTHMIAS | 159 | ||
| CLASSIFICATION OF DYSRHYTHMIAS | 161 | ||
| REFERENCES | 176 | ||
| Chapter 14: Dysrhythmias: cardiac pacing and electrical cardioversion | 179 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 179 | ||
| CARDIAC PACING | 179 | ||
| ELECTRODES | 180 | ||
| THERAPEUTIC USE OF PACING | 182 | ||
| NONTHERAPEUTIC USE OF PACING | 184 | ||
| ELECTRICAL DEFIBRILLATION/CARDIOVERSION | 185 | ||
| REFERENCES | 190 | ||
| Chapter 15: Cardiac murmurs: congenital heart disease | 193 | ||
| PREVALENCE OF CONGENITAL CARDIAC DISEASE | 193 | ||
| NORMAL AND ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEART | 193 | ||
| ADAPTATION FROM FETAL TO NEONATAL CIRCULATION | 194 | ||
| CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM IN FOALS | 195 | ||
| SPECIFIC CONGENITAL CARDIAC DEFECTS | 196 | ||
| OTHER CONGENITAL CARDIAC DISEASE ( CCD) | 202 | ||
| REFERENCES | 203 | ||
| Chapter 16: Cardiac murmurs: valvular regurgitation and insufficiency | 207 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 207 | ||
| PATHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL REGURGITATION | 207 | ||
| CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF HORSES WITH MURMURS | 208 | ||
| AORTIC VALVULAR REGURGITATION AND INSUFFICIENCY ( AR) | 208 | ||
| MITRAL REGURGITATION AND INSUFFICIENCY ( SFP, VMD) | 212 | ||
| TRICUSPID REGURGITATION AND INSUFFICIENCY ( VMD) | 214 | ||
| PULMONIC REGURGITATION AND INSUFFICIENCY ( AF, ET) | 215 | ||
| REFERENCES | 215 | ||
| Chapter 17: Fever: endocarditis and pericarditis | 217 | ||
| INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS | 217 | ||
| PERICARDITIS | 220 | ||
| REFERENCES | 223 | ||
| Chapter 18:\rCollapse and syncope | 227 | ||
| DEFINITIONS | 227 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 227 | ||
| CARDIOVASCULAR AND CIRCULATORY CAUSES OF COLLAPSE | 228 | ||
| CLINICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COLLAPSING HORSE | 235 | ||
| REFERENCES | 236 | ||
| Chapter 19:\rHeart failure | 239 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 239 | ||
| CLINICAL SIGNS OF HEART FAILURE | 239 | ||
| DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF HEART FAILURE | 241 | ||
| DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH IN HEART FAILURE | 242 | ||
| SPECIFIC FORMS OF HEART FAILURE | 243 | ||
| TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE | 248 | ||
| REFERENCES | 250 | ||
| Chapter 20:\rCardiovascular emergencies associated with anaesthesia | 253 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 253 | ||
| RISK FACTORS | 253 | ||
| PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION AND PREMEDICATION | 253 | ||
| INDUCTION OF ANAESTHESIA | 255 | ||
| MAINTENANCE OF ANAESTHESIA | 255 | ||
| CARDIOVASCULAR MONITORING IN THE ANAESTHETIZED PATIENT | 255 | ||
| INTRAOPERATIVE CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS | 257 | ||
| MONITORING HYPP PATIENTS | 261 | ||
| CONCLUSIONS | 263 | ||
| REFERENCES | 263 | ||
| Chapter 21:\rCardiovascular complications in the intensive care patient | 267 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 267 | ||
| PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN THE ICU | 267 | ||
| CARDIOVASCULAR MONITORING IN THE ICU | 268 | ||
| SPECIFIC FORMS OF CARDIAC COMPLICATIONS IN INTENSIVE CARE PATIENTS | 269 | ||
| REFERENCES | 274 | ||
| Appendix: DVD Index | 277 | ||
| Glossary of Abbreviations | 287 | ||
| Index | 289 |