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Cardiac findings in Quarter Horses with heritable equine regional dermal asthenia.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association - 1 Mar 2017
Brinkman Erin L, Weed Benjamin C, Patnaik Sourav S, Brazile Bryn L, Centini Ryan M, Wills Robert W, Olivier Bari, Sledge Dodd G, Cooley Jim, Liao Jun, Rashmir-Raven Ann M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE To compare biomechanical and histologic features of heart valves and echocardiographic findings between Quarter Horses with and without heritable equine regional dermal asthenia (HERDA). DESIGN Prospective case-control study. ANIMALS 41 Quarter Horses. PROCEDURES Ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of aortic and mitral valve leaflets was assessed by biomechanical testing in 5 horses with HERDA and 5 horses...
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