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Title: 
Electrocardiographic evolution in cats from birth to 30 days of age
Author(s): 
Institution: 
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
ISSN: 
0008-5286
Abstract: 
Further knowledge of feline physiology and neonatology is needed because the number of cats being kept as pets and used as experimental animals has increased. Few studies have been published on feline sequential electrocardiography. This study was conducted to determine the values of normal waves, complexes, and intervals of the electrocardiogram in clinically healthy feline neonates. Serial electrocardiography was performed in 15 female and 15 male neonates at 30 days of age. Parameters analyzed were heart rate and rhythm, duration and amplitude of electrocardiographic waves, duration of intervals, and the electrical axis of the heart. The results did not show differences between males and females. During the neonates' first 30 days of life, migration of the electrical axis from right to left was observed. There was a progressive increase in the R wave amplitude, while the S wave amplitude showed a progressive decrease. A sinus heart rhythm was predominant in the feline neonates.
Issue Date: 
1-Nov-2003
Citation: 
Canadian Veterinary Journal, v. 44, n. 11, p. 914-917, 2003.
Time Duration: 
914-917
Keywords: 
  • cardiovascular parameters
  • cat
  • controlled study
  • electrocardiogram
  • heart rate
  • heart rhythm
  • newborn
  • nonhuman
  • R wave
  • sex difference
  • sinus rhythm
  • Aging
  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Cats
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart
  • Heart Rate
  • Male
  • Reference Values
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Animalia
  • Felidae
  • Felis catus
Source: 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC385450/
URI: 
Access Rights: 
Acesso aberto
Type: 
outro
Source:
http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/67467
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