Common Contracts

OLGA SZALUŚ-JORDANOW, MICHAŁ CZOPOWICZ*, OKTAWIA SZPINDA**, MARCIN MICKIEWICZ*, AGATA MOROZ*, JAROSŁAW KABA*, MAGDALENA GARNCARZ**, TADEUSZ FRYMUS

Research Agreement • January 8th, 2021

• Contract Type
  Research Agreement
• Filed
  January 8th, 2021

Electrocardiography provides information on the electrophysiological function of the heart, mainly on rhythmicity, conduction, depolarization and repolariza- tion. In dogs (and some other animal species) electro- cardiogram (ECG) recordings are obtained in different positions: right or left lateral recumbency, standing freely or in a sling, sitting position, anaesthetized and placed in dorsal recumbency (2, 4, 6, 13). It is well known that many factors may influence ECG record- ings. One of these factors is the body position of the patient. Body position changes in humans may cause QRS and ST-T changes and trigger false alarms (9). Such effects have also been recognized in dogs (6, 13,