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That's was my understanding too, that they were different. With Perle they 
never used the term Murmur, always Arrhythmia more specifically, VPC 
(Ventricular Premature Contractions).

Katrina M. ( The other Katrina ;-)  )

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From: <recklessheartranch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:13 AM
To: "Dot Wiggins" <dotwgns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Fw: [RC]   FYI: Get to know your horse's heart

> In people, a heart MURMUR is not the same as an arrhythmia. I assume is it 
> also true in horses.
>
> Perhaps one of the vets here can explain better, but a persistant 
> arrhythmia WOULD be dangerous (I think), because of the lack of oxygen 
> circulating in the body -- and if the heart is tachy I would guess that 
> would just strain the heart more.
>
> Katrina



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