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By World Equine Veterinary Association Feb 5, 2015
By Vincent Gerber, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, ECEIM, WEVA Treasurer
In general, athletes tend to be healthier than nonathletic individuals. However, elite athletes—including horses—have their own subset of medical problems, which include sudden cardiac death. Sudden cardiac death in horses is often due to malignant arrhythmias that develop during exercise.
Recent studies have shown that horses can develop certain types of arrhythmias occasionally, or even normally, while they exercise, often without consequence...
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http://www.thehorse.com/articles/35274/studying-exercising-arrhythmias-in-sport-horses
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