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Myocardial fibrosis in a horse with polymorphic ventricular tachycardia observed during general anesthesia
Virginie Coudry1, Daniel Jean, Christophe Desbois
1Clinique equine - CIRALE, DEPEC, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, 7, avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France. vcoudry@vet-alfort.fr
Abstract:
Ventricular dysrhythmias are more commonly associated with myocardial disease than are supraventricular dysrhythmias. Management of arrhythmias under general anesthesia is difficult because of the dysrhythmogenic effects of the anesthetic drugs. This report describes a severe ventricular dysrhythmia observed in a pony under general anesthesia, with a severe and old myocardial fibrosis found on postmortem examination.
