Sentences with phrase «abnormal heart muscle»

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The researchers say their findings also shed new light on how kidney disease leads to an abnormal thickening of heart muscle tissue called hypertrophy, which is a leading cause of death in people with kidney disease caused by high blood pressure, diabetes, and other illnesses.

He hopes to test the device in other surgeries, such as ablation — which involves burning away a small amount of heart muscle to correct an abnormal beat — and is already dreaming of new adventures with other snake - bots.

«Then, the aberrant signal can propagate in abnormal circuitous routes within the heart muscle, eventually leading to full - blown fibrillation.»

Patients with ME / CFS experience a profound lack of energy, severe fatigue, along with a variety of other symptoms, including one or more of the following: muscle pain, headaches, gastrointestinal discomfort, difficulty concentrating, exacerbation of symptoms following exercise, abnormal regulation of blood pressure and heart rate, and unrefreshing sleep.

«It could be due to abnormal electrical signal conduction throughout the heart (such as arrhythmia), or weakened contraction force of heart muscles (like cardiomyopathy), or both.

Although magnesium deficiency is rare, symptoms deficiency include sleep disorders, restless leg syndrome, irritability, anxiety and agitation, abnormal heart rhythms, vomiting, nausea, low blood pressure, muscle cramping, hyperventilation, confusion, seizures, and weak nail growth.

The main symptoms of severe magnesium deficiency include abnormal heart rhythm, muscle cramps, restless leg syndrome, fatigue and migraines (49, 50, 51).

Symptoms and signs, which occur only in severe hypermagnesemia, may include muscle weakness or paralysis, dizziness, low blood pressure (hypotension), abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia), heart attack, coma or even death.

Chronic low potassium can cause more serious problems such as muscle paralysis and potentially fatal abnormal heart arrhythmias.

Low Energy • Fatigue • Weakness Inability to Sleep • Weakening Bones Muscle Tension, Spasms and Cramps Abnormal Heart Rhythms • Headaches Anxiousness • Nervousness • Irritability

Signs of magnesium deficiency include confusion, disorientation, loss of appetite, depression, muscle contractions and cramps, tingling, numbness, abnormal heart rhythms, coronary spasm, and seizures.

Abnormal muscle contraction, including poor heart function.

An abnormal heart rate, muscle tremors, and increased blood pressure are also expected.

The specific arrhythmia with this disease is called ventricular premature complexes (VPC), these are early abnormal heart beats originating from the heart muscle instead of the specialized conduction tissue in the heart where normal heart beats originate.

Another potential complication of HCM is that the added muscle mass of the heart can predispose a cat to an arrhythmia, an abnormal heartbeat pattern that can potentially cause sudden and unexpected death.

In RC, it is the lining (endocardium) of the heart chambers (primarily the left ventricle) as well as the heart muscle itself that is abnormal.

An electrocardiogram (or EKG) recording can be used to examine the electrical currents in the heart muscles, and may reveal any abnormalities in cardiac electrical conduction (which underlies the heart's ability to contract / beat), and can also help your veterinarian to determine the origin of the abnormal heart rhythms, if they are present.

The abdominal tissues may irritate the heart muscle, which may cause abnormal heart rhythms.

Diseases affecting the valves result in abnormal blood flow in the heart (valve disease is a common cause of murmurs), which places strain on the heart as it tries to compensate for abnormal flow through thickening of the muscles and dilation of the chambers.

It is the most common form of heart disease in cats, and it causes abnormal thickening of the heart muscle.

The inherited conditions of aortic stenosis (a narrowing above the aortic heart valve or the aortic valve itself), atopy / allergic dermatitis (skin allergies), gastric dilatation volvulus (bloat / stomach dilation), early onset cataracts (a clouding of the lens inside the eye), dilated cardiomyopathy (enlargement of the chambers of the heart and thinning of the muscle wall), elbow dysplasia (abnormal growth of tissues that leads to malformation and degeneration of the joint), epilepsy (brain seizures), hypothyroidism (underactive production of thyroid hormones), intervertebral disk disease (problems with the disks between the vertebrae of the spine leading to neurological problems), and hepatic portosystemic shunt (an abnormal blood circulation where blood is diverted around the liver rather than into it) are more prevalent in purebred dogs than in mixed - breed.