To celebrate National Hearth Month, we’re revisiting a favorite episode of Cornell’s Equine Seminar Series with Dr. Katharyn Mitchell, assistant professor of large animal medicine, entitled, “Help! My vet heard a heart murmur: What does that mean?”

In this talk, Mitchell gives audiences an overview of a healthy equine heart’s function and physiology, and then goes on to explain what causes these arrhythmias, or murmurs. She also explains what veterinarians look for when assessing a horse for this condition, the different types of arrhythmias, their causes and potential treatments.

Listen to Dr. Mitchell's talk on what heart murmurs mean in horses (video with transcript) 

Watched Mitchell's full talk online, and see the entire Cornell Equine Seminar Series videos here.