Transcutaneous direct current cardioversion in a foal with lone atrial fibrillation
| Autor: | L.K. Dunbar, B.M. Potter, Brian A. Scansen, S.M. Reed, Ramiro E. Toribio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Heart disease 040301 veterinary sciences Physiology medicine.medical_treatment Electric Countershock 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Cardioversion 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quinidine Sulfate Internal medicine biology.animal Atrial Fibrillation Animals Medicine Horses General Veterinary biology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Atrial fibrillation 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences medicine.disease Procainamide Foal Anesthesia Direct current cardioversion Cardiology Horse Diseases business Electrocardiography medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Veterinary Cardiology. 19:99-105 |
| ISSN: | 1760-2734 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jvc.2016.09.002 |
| Popis: | There are rare published reports of atrial fibrillation (AF) in foals, all of which are associated with structural heart disease or within the adaptive period of newborns. This report describes a 3-month-old Thoroughbred filly with AF and a structurally normal heart on echocardiography. Medical cardioversion of the foal's AF was attempted with three 20mg/kg doses of quinidine sulfate therapy without success. Timed, transcutaneous, direct current cardioversion was successfully performed using adhesive patches on the midthorax in conjunction with intravenous procainamide at a total dose of 20mg/kg. A normal sinus rhythm was maintained through discharge from the hospital and at recheck 5 months after cardioversion. Transcutaneous direct current cardioversion presents a feasible alternative to quinidine sulfate or transvenous electrical cardioversion in young or lower body weight equids. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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