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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2020

Stall-side screening potential of a smartphone electrocardiogram recorded over both sides of the thorax in horses.

Ignacio Corradini, Alicia Fernández-Ruiz, Marta Barba, Javier Engel-Manchado

Abstract readObservational Study, Veterinary
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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Ignacio CorradiniServicio de Medicina Interna Equina, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universidad Cardenal Herrera CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4053-8863
Alicia Fernández-RuizServicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Veterinario, Universidad Cardenal Herrera CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain.
Marta BarbaServicio de Medicina Interna Equina, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universidad Cardenal Herrera CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3677-7239
Javier Engel-ManchadoServicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Veterinario, Universidad Cardenal Herrera CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain.

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Abstract

backgroundComparisons between smartphone ECG (SpECG) recordings obtained from the right and left sides of the thorax have not been reported in animals.

objectivesTo evaluate the screening potential of a SpECG obtained from both sides of the thorax and to compare the degree of agreement between the SpECG and a reference ECG (rECG) for measurement of the duration of baseline electrical deflections recorded over both sides of the thorax. ANIMALS: Fifty horses admitted to the equine hospital, university-owned horses, and horses from an endurance riding facility.

methodsProspective observational study. Simultaneous rECG and SpECG tracings were recorded on both sides of the thorax and evaluated by 2 experienced observers for interpretability, presence and classification of arrhythmias, and duration of deflections of the electrical baseline.

resultsFifteen (15/50) horses had spontaneous arrhythmias. Excellent agreement was found between the 2 devices (κ = 0.91; P < .001; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.79-1.03) for the detection of arrhythmias. Significantly more P waves were of diagnostic quality from the right side (20 versus 5, P = .001) and significantly more QRS and QT intervals were of diagnostic quality from the left side (66 versus 38 and 62 versus 34, respectively, P < .001). Substantial agreement for the duration of deflections between devices only was observed for the QRS interval (SpECG left). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: It is important to obtain SpECG tracings from both sides of the thorax in horses. The SpECG is a useful stall-sidearrhythmia-screening tool for some common arrhythmias in horses.

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Horse DiseasesSmartphoneAnimalsArrhythmias, CardiacElectrocardiographyHorsesThoraxarrhythmiaatrial fibrillationelectrocardiogramhorsepremature complexessmartphone

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PMCPMC7517866

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