Sentences with phrase «hypertrophic cardiomyopathy dilated»

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having other family members with a «history of premature death (sudden or otherwise), or significant disability from cardiovascular disease in close relative (s) younger than 50 years old or specific knowledge of the occurrence of certain conditions (eg, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, long QT syndrome, Marfan syndrome, or clinically important arrhythmias)».

Researchers found that the ring - shaped vortex helps to allocate about 15 percent of the blood flow within the left ventricle in healthy patients; roughly 20 percent in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy; but only about 5 percent for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

For this study, the team of cardiologists recruited 60 subjects, including 20 patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy; 20 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; and 20 healthy subjects as a control group.

The findings could have an impact on the tests and measurements that physicians rely on to diagnose and treat two heart conditions: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in which the heart muscle becomes abnormally thick, and non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, in which the heart's ability to pump blood decreases as the organ's main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, is enlarged and its muscle thinned.

In another study the aim was to find improved quantitative CMR criteria to distinguish LVNC from dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with high sensitivity and specificity.

We are recruiting and enrolling 10 primary care physicians (PCPs) and 100 of their generally healthy middle - aged patients ages 40 - 65 to evaluate the use of General Genomic Medicine, and 10 cardiologists and 100 of their patients with hypertrophic or dilated cardiomyopathy to evaluate the use of Disease - Specific Genomic Medicine.

Dr. Seidman has investigated the molecular etiology of human diseases, with a focus on congenital heart disease, familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and familial dilated cardiomyopathy.

* Dilated cardiomyopathy - the heart muscle becomes weak and stretched, decreasing the heart's ability to pump blood through the body * Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - this is more common in cats.

Ferrets are prone to both hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which is a thickening of the ventricular walls, and dilated cardiomyopathy, which is a stretching and thinning of the ventricular walls.

More specifically, cardiomyopathy, or CM, is a disease of the heart muscle in which either the heart walls thicken (hypertrophic and restrictive forms) or stretch (dilated form).

Though hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is much more commonly diagnosed in cats, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is occasionally seen also.

Where hypertrophic cardiomyopathy results in a thickened heart muscle with smaller heart chambers, dilated cardiomyopathy causes the heart chamber to be dilated or enlarged.

This enlargement of the atrial chambers occurs with many types of heart disease, such as degenerative valve disease of the mitral valve or cardiomyopathy such as dilated cardiomyopathy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

In cats, three classes of cardiomyopathy have been described: hypertrophic, dilated, and intermediate or restrictive cardiomyopathy.

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This encompasses such problems as canine and feline congestive heart failure, hypertension, dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and valvular disorders.

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Older dogs and cats may also develop dilated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy — a condition in which the heart muscle enlarges and contracts weakly.

These may include: hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, osteochondrosis dessicans (OCD), craniomandibular osteopathy (CMO), hypertrophic osteodystrophy (HOD), eosinophilic panosteitis, Wobbler Syndrome, alantoaxial subluxation, Legg - Calve - Perthes» Disease, medial patellar luxation, eye diseases, subaortic stenosis, pulmonary stenosis, ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosis, Tetralogy of Fallot, persistent right aortic arch, dilated cardiomyopathy, hemophilia, Von Willebrand's disease, epilepsy, hydrocephalus, intervertebral disk disease, mange, hypothyroidism, Cushing's Disease, pituitary dwarfism and autoimmune skin disorders.

Diseases that primarily affect the left side of the heart (e.g. degenerative valve disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, patent ductus arteriosus) may, depending on severity, result in poor forward flow of blood into the systemic circulation and subsequently may lead to a build - up of blood volume and / or pressure within the left atrium, which may expand and enlarge over time to compensate.

Although currently off - label, inodilators like pimobendan have shown to be well tolerated and prolong survival in cats with CHF with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as well as restrictive and dilated cardiomyopathy.

Beyond the typical animal who may have Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Cardiomyopathy, heart murmurs, arrhythmias, valve defects, abnormal blood pressure, Heartworm Disease, and other conditions that affect the Cardiovascular system - «normal» animals who may be of a breed predisposed to cardiac problems (Bengal cats and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, or Dobermans Dilated Cardiomyopathy), a dog who has recovered from Heartworm infection, a cat with Hyperthyroidism who would be prone to developing a heart condition, or any animal that you desire to support Cardiovascular health for - CardioBoost is a wonderful consideration.

This encompasses such ailments as canine and feline congestive heart failure, hypertension, dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and valvular disorders.

The muscle may either weaken and stretch (dilated cardiomyopathy), or it may thicken greatly (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy).

Briefly, dogs were classified as having one of the 24 inherited disorders studied (hemangiosarcoma, lymphoma, mast cell tumor, osteosarcoma, aortic stenosis, dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, mitral valve dysplasia, patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect, hyperadrenocorticism, hypoadrenocorticism, hypothyroidism, elbow joint dysplasia, hip joint dysplasia, IVDD, patellar luxation, ruptured anterior cranial cruciate ligament, atopy or allergic dermatitis, GDV, cataracts in dogs 6 years or younger, epilepsy, lens luxation, and portosystemic liver shunt) only if the record included definitive confirmation of the condition by the veterinary medical teaching hospital staff or the referring veterinarian.