Table of Contents : Sect. 1 - Physiology and Pathophysiology 1. Ventricular Function / Jan McIntosh Bright p1 2. Control of Cardiovascular Function: Physiology and Pharmacology / Jonathan Elliott p15 3. Cardiac Responses to Exercise and Training / David Lachlan Evans p32 4. Pathophysiology of Heart Failure / Jan McIntosh Bright p47 5. Electrophysiology and Arrhythmiogenesis / Mark Patteson p51 Sect. 2 - Diagnostic Methods 6. Auscultation / Karen J. Blissitt p71 7. Two-dimensional and M-mode Echocardiography / Mark Patteson p93 8. Doppler Echocardiography / Celia M. Marr p117 9. Transoesphageal Echocardiography / Lesley Young p135 10. Electrocardiography and Echocardiography in the Exercising Horse / Virginia B. Reef p150 11. Heart Rate Variability / Mark Bowen p161 Sect. 3 - Clinical Problems in Equine Cardiology 12. Arrhythmias / Virginia B. Reef p177 13. Cardiac Murmurs: Congenital Heart Disease / Celia M. Marr p210 14. Cardiac Murmurs: Acquired Valvular Disease / Celia M. Marr p233 15. Fever: Endocarditis and Pericarditis / Abby M. Sage, Leila Worth p256 16. Collapse / Richard J. Piercy, Celia M. Marr p268 17. Heart Failure / Celia M. Marr p289 18. Cardiovascular Emergencies Associated with Anaesthesia / Sheilah A. Robertson p312 Index p326