Re: RC: RE:need to know.....

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/7/99 6:30:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
sbrown@wamedes.com writes:

<< Heart rates change continuously...altho
 some hearts seem to be more susceptible to stimuli than others.  If the
 patient has an arterial line in, you can see that blood pressure also
 changes continuously.  Don't know how closely this correlates with horses,
 but I imagine the muscle fibers are pretty similar.   >>

Yep.  So unless the stethoscope and the HRM are working side by side, you 
really can't compare.  It the two have even a tendency to be "pretty close" 
then odds are the HRM is working just fine.

Heidi


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