Why the study?
Does pericardiotomy alter pulmonary or ventricular pressures or rate of ventricular relaxation in resting or maximally exercising horses?
Population
10 horses (5 experimental, 5 external control)
Comparison
Pericardiotomy vs Unoperated control group and self-controlled…
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
13 weeks
Authors
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Pericardiotomy leaves equine exercise hemodynamics unchanged; hypothesis-generating for pericardial contributions in other species or disease states.
Does pericardiotomy alter pulmonary or ventricular pressures or rate of ventricular relaxation in resting or maximally exercising horses?
Pericardiotomy does not alter pulmonary or ventricular pressures or rate of ventricular relaxation in resting or maximally exercising horses, indicating that an open pericardium does not affect these cardiopulmonary parameters.
Textor et al. (2006) studied this question.
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