#PODCAST Pretoria veterinary specialist successfully performs SA's first transvenous electrical cardioversion (TVEC) on a horse #sabcnews
By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - Veterinary specialist Dr Christina Eberhardt has successfully performed South Africa's first transvenous electrical cardioversion (TVEC) on a horse. It's believed this is the first time this procedure was performed on the African continent. Dr Eberhardt - who's an internal medicine & cardiology specialist for horses and also a Senior Lecturer at the University of Pretoria - led a team that performed the procedure on a 17-year-old horse named "Skye". TVEC is a relatively new treatment for horses with an irregular heartbeat. In this week's Greenscene, she explains how she managed the intricate procedure - which has only been performed by a small number of equine* specialists in the world...



