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                                                                                       Cardiac
                                                                                     arrhythmia




                                  Irregular                                                                                                                                                                    Regular



                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Accelerated
                                    2 nd
            Atrial                                                                                                                                 Premature                   Sinus        â Bradycardia    â Tachycardia   idioventricular
          fibrillation            degree                                                                                                          contractions               arrhythmia         p. 84           p. 85         rhythm (HR
                                  AV block
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              < 160/min)



         – Enlarged                                                                                                                                                          Respiratory                                     – Severe
           atrium        High     Mobitz       Mobitz                                                                                       Supra-                             sinus                                          systemic
           (e.g.         grade     type II      type I                                                                                    ventricular         Ventricular    arrhthymia                                       disease
           mitralvalve                                                                                                                                                     (normal in dogs)                                   (e.g.
           endo-                                                                                                                                                                                                              sepsis,
           cardiosis,                                                                                                                                                                                                         gastric
           DCM [dog],                                                                                                                                                                                                         torsion)
           HCM [cat])                       – Normal in                                                                                  – Enlarged     Extracardiac     Cardiac
                                              puppies                                                                                     atrium          causes         causes
                                            – Increased                                                                                   (e.g.
                                              vagal tone                                                                                  mitralvalve
                                                                                                                                          endo-         – Severe      – Feline
                                                                                                                                          cardiosis,     systemic       cardio-
                                                                                                                                          DCM [dog],     disease        myopathy
                                                                                                                                          HCM [cat])     (e.g.          (HCM,
                                                                                                                                                         sepsis,        RCM,
                                                                                                                                                         gastric        DCM)
                                                                                                                                                         torsion,     – DCM (dog)
                                                                                                                                                         pyometra,    – Myocarditis
                                                                                                                                                         pancrea-     – Aortic
                                                                                                                                                         titis,         stenosis
                                                                                                                                                         neoplasia)   – Subaortic
                                                                                                                                                                        stenosis

























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