Equine cardiology: common issues and diagnostic advice

Figure 1. Recording an equine ECG with a smartphone. Speckle tracking is the most promising of the various advances in equine echocardiography, but, as technology continues to improve, three-dimensional echocardiography is already showing potential in horses. Novel ECG techniques Cardiology in the horse is focused on diagnosis and prognosis – and, as such, advances in the field tend to be driven by technology. For the equine practitioner, diagnostic tools once out of reach – because the frequency they would be used did not justify the expenditure on equipment, or the investment of time to learn how to use them – are very much more accessible nowadays. In fact,