Why the study?
Does athletic training increase the prevalence of atrioventricular valvular regurgitation murmurs in young Thoroughbred horses?
Population
111 Thoroughbred horses age 2-5 years, including 55 2-year-olds examined before and after 9 months of…
Comparison
9 months of athletic training vs Pre-training baseline
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
9 months
Authors
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May support murmur screening in trained Thoroughbreds; leaves open long-term implications and causality.
Does athletic training increase the prevalence of atrioventricular valvular regurgitation murmurs in young Thoroughbred horses?
Athletic training in young Thoroughbred horses is associated with a significant increase in the prevalence and grade of mitral and tricuspid regurgitation murmurs.
Young et al. (2000) studied this question.
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