Equine Cardiology: Bridging the Gap Between the Research and Clinical Practice
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Equids".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 May 2025) | Viewed by 360
Special Issue Editors
Interests: equine; cardiology; catheterism; arrhythmias; heart murmurs; ultrasound; translation research
Interests: equine; internal medicine; cardiology; sport medicine; equine performance
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Dear Colleagues,
The importance of the athlete equine heart is undeniable, and over the last decade, the research community has played an important role in promoting equine cardiology knowledge. Considerable research efforts have been made, contributing to the development of novel advanced technology in the field of electrophysiology, cardiac catheterization, and advanced imaging, as well as extensive data in the area of cardiac performance, exercise-induced adaptations, and sudden death. With the growing amount of important new evidence, the transfer of recent findings to clinical practice is becoming increasingly difficult, and specific reports breaking down researcher–practitioner barriers are needed.
Parallel to the advances in the equine cardiology field, veterinary clinicians interested are increasing rising, not only from the point of view of the disease but from performance. This Special Issue intends to contribute to a better understanding and dissemination of new insights into equine cardiology, so that applying research findings is feasible for clinicians.
Our aim with this Special Issue is to invite the equine cardiac research community to present their latest research, covering any aspect of advanced equine cardiology, and focusing on “application to practice”. Original research articles, reviews, comment papers, and case reports are especially encouraged for submission.
Dr. Maria Villalba-Orero
Dr. María Martín-Cuervo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cardiology
- murmurs
- arrhythmias
- electrophysiology
- echocardiography
- cardiac catheterization
- cardiac performance
- cardiac remodelling
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