Prevalência das arritmas cardíacas e distúrbios de condução em cães e gatos em Botucatu, Brasil (2003-2007)

Cardiac arrhythmias are important electrocardiographic disorders in small animal medicine since some of them can cause serious situations, such as cardiac arrest and death. It's essential to recognize ECG abnormalities and the frequency they occur to improve the therapy. The aim of this study w...

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Autores: Aptekmann, Karina Preising [UNESP], Vailati, Maria do Carmo Fernandez [UNESP], Fortuna, Thatiana de Oliveira Moura, Schwartz, Denise Saretta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/72183
Acceso en línea:http://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/26818
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/72183
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Arrhythmias
Cats
Dogs
Eletrocardiography
Rhythm disturbances
Animalia
Canis familiaris
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Sumario:Cardiac arrhythmias are important electrocardiographic disorders in small animal medicine since some of them can cause serious situations, such as cardiac arrest and death. It's essential to recognize ECG abnormalities and the frequency they occur to improve the therapy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of cardiac arrhythmias in dogs from January 2003 to April 2007 by retrospective analysis of ECGs obtained at the Veterinary Hospital at UNESP - Botucatu - SP. The most common rhythm disturbances in this population were sinus tachycardia and ventricular premature complexes in dogs and sinoventricular rhythm in cats.