Equine echocardiography: Can dobutamine infusion correct alterations due to sedation with alpha-2 agonists?

For the echocardiographic examination horses should not be sedated unless absolutely necessary because this alters cardiac dimensions and indices of function. However, some horses do not tolerate the echocardiographic procedure and require sedation to conduct the examination safely and obtain good q...

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Main Authors: Valentina Vitale, Tommaso Vezzosi, Chiara Di Franco, Angela Briganti, Rosalba Tognetti, Giuseppe Conte, Elena Bucchioni, Micaela Sgorbini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9578622/?tool=EBI