Discussion on Potential ventriculoseptal defect and heavy sweating
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Kelly Davidson Chou
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Username: Rhiannon
Post Number: 2
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, Nov 15, 2004 - 2:04 pm: |   |
I have a student who is looking to purchase a horse for Eventing, that during the vet check, we discovered has a pretty significant systolic murmur and a second degree AV block. The murmur is loudest over the left heart base and the AV block was present before and after excercise. An Echocardiography showed the left ventricle appears slightly enlarged in comparison to the right ventricle. There is an area suspicious of possible ventriculoseptal defect in membranous portion of ventricular septum, though this could possibly be a cardiac vessel, was present.
We have not made a decision on this horse, and he was not in work prior to us looking at him. We have been training him for approximately 6 weeks now. I would say that he tires maybe a little more and quicker then I would expect a horse to tire, however, what is worrying me the most is the amount the horse sweats during work. Even a moderate workout will cause the horse to sweat to the point of sweat dripping off of him, like he has been hosed down.
Is an over extensive amount of sweat a sign that his heart is weak and may not be able to withstand the vigors of lower level eventing? |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 11507
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Monday, Nov 15, 2004 - 6:34 pm: | |
No I don't believe the sweat significant but you have other significant findings.
DrO |
