Code
3E002813
Duration
01 October 2013 → 30 September 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary internal medicine and pathophysiology
- Veterinary medical imaging
- Veterinary physiology, pathophysiology and biochemistry
Keywords
horse
training
echocardiography
cardiology
biopsy
biomarker
Project description
The horse is used as an animal model for exercise-induced right ventricular and atrial remodeling, which has been linked to arrhythmias and sudden death in human athletes. The effect of induced pulmonary hypertension and exercise training on right ventricular and atrial function and structure is investigated using echocardiography, electrocardiography, cardiac biomarkers and myocardial biopsies.