Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association· 2026Q1
Auscultation for pre-exercise screening in the horse
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Cardiac auscultation can identify atrial fibrillation and murmurs, serving as a high-yield, low-cost pre-exercise screening tool to prevent sudden death in equine athletes.
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Key points
- Cardiac auscultation is proposed as a high-yield, low-cost pre-exercise screening method for horses.
- The main focus of auscultation is to detect irregularly irregular rhythms, indicative of atrial fibrillation.
- Concerning murmurs are identified as a secondary target for pre-exercise cardiac screening.
- This screening aims to prevent cardiac adverse events and exercise-associated sudden death in equine athletes.
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Abstract
Objective: To describe the highlights of cardiac auscultation of the equine athlete in the context of pre-exercise screening for cardiac adverse event prevention. Animals: Horses. Methods: Tutorial description. Results: Description of the highlights of cardiac auscultation of the equine athlete in the context of pre-exercise screening for cardiac adverse event and exercise-associated sudden death prevention. Clinical Relevance: Cardiac adverse events and exercise-associated deaths are problems that affect horses' health, riders' safety, and the public perception of welfare during equestrian sports. Screening before participation in sports has helped decrease the incidence of sudden death in humans. We believe auscultation may be a high-yield, low-cost strategy to improve equine welfare and a key component of a prevention program for exercise-associated sudden death in equine athletes. What we describe here highlights that an irregularly irregular rhythm is atrial fibrillation until proven otherwise and is the main target of pre-exercise auscultation. Concerning murmurs are the second target; multiple examples of audio, video, and electrocardiograms are shown.
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