Torsemide can be used for long-term management of congestive heart failure in equids: a description of 12 cases (2019-2024).

Objective: Information about congestive heart failure (CHF) treatment in the horse is limited. Torsemide, an oral loop diuretic, is increasingly used in humans, dogs, and cats with CHF. Torsemide is well absorbed and induces diuresis in healthy horses, and its use in a horse with CHF has been reported.

Twenty-four hour continuous transvenous temporary right ventricular pacing in healthy horses.

Background: The ability to perform transvenous temporary cardiac pacing (TV-TP) is critical to stabilize horses with symptomatic bradyarrhythmias. Reports of successful TV-TP in horses are limited, and only briefly describe short-term pacing.

Objective: To describe temporary, medium-term (24 h) transvenous right ventricular pacing in awake horses using a bipolar torque-directed pacing catheter.

Evaluation of a Self-Driven Large Animal Point of Care Ultrasound Learning Program for Veterinary Students.

Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) has the potential to improve health care outcomes and is increasingly used in veterinary primary care and specialty practice. The aim of this study was to evaluate a self-driven POCUS learning program during clinical rotations in a large animal teaching hospital. A randomized controlled trial of 94 students evaluated the hypotheses that access to a self-driven POCUS program would improve scores on a written test and the quality of subjective, objective, assessment and plan (SOAP) documents.

Cardiovascular changes in horses with atrial fibrillation and high thyroid hormone concentration: a case-control study.

Introduction: Hyperthyroidism is a predisposing factor for atrial fibrillation (AF) in humans. The relationship between high thyroid hormone (TH) and AF in horses has not been evaluated.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to identify whether (1) high TH concentrations were present in horses with AF, (2) other cardiovascular effects were observed in horses with high TH and AF, and (3) TH status affected recurrence rate.

Closure of an Aortocardiac Fistula in a Horse.

• An ACF developed in a hospitalized horse following orthopedic surgery. • Spontaneous closure of the ACF occurred 6 weeks after initial diagnosis. • Echocardiography is the primary imaging modality to confirm the presence of ACF in equids.