ArticleEquine veterinary journal2022
Validation of an equine fitness tracker: ECG quality and arrhythmia detection.
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Abstract
backgroundCardiac arrhythmias in exercising horses are the focus of much interest, both in terms of what is considered normal and potential associations with poor performance and sudden cardiac death. One barrier to performing large-scale studies is the lack of an easily applicable device, to allow recording of large numbers of high-quality exercising electrocardiograms (ECGs). The Equimetre
objectivesTo evaluate the quality of ECG using the Equimetre STUDY
designProspective blinded clinical study.
methodsSimultaneous ECGs were recorded with both systems in 49 healthy horses during exercise. High intensity exercise (>40km/h) was performed by 29 racehorses, and lower intensity exercise for the remainder of the racehorses and show jumpers. Tracings were excluded if >10% artefact was present (duration of artefact relative to duration of exercise). For included ECGs, the duration of artefact was recorded and compared. ECGs were evaluated using Kubios premium software. Arrhythmia detection (yes/no) and arrhythmia classification (sinus arrhythmia, narrow complex of similar morphology to the sinus complexes or wide complex with a different morphology) were compared using Cohen's Kappa coefficient.
resultsNine Televet MAIN LIMITATIONS: Relatively low numbers of horses with arrhythmias (n=21) were included. The ECG recordings only provided one lead, making arrhythmia classification challenging in some cases.
conclusionsThe Equimetre device provides a reliable ECG for arrhythmia detection during exercise. This system may be useful clinically and for future large-scale investigations into the occurrence and significance of exercising arrhythmias.
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