Sentences with phrase «abnormal heart valve»

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The discovery helps explain why some people who survive heart damage develop abnormal calcium deposits — the main component of bone — in the valves or walls of the heart.

Without blood flow for four and a half days, the heart developed an abnormal third chamber and malformed valves, the team reports in the 9 January issue of Nature.

Pannus, which produces an abnormal coating of fibrovascular tissue over the cornea, joint surfaces, or a prosthetic heart valve and can appear to be tumor - like.

A heart murmur is an abnormal sound that occurs as blood moves through the heart and the valves.

This abnormal motion of the mitral valve partially obstructs the outflow of blood from the left ventricle into the aorta, resulting in a heart murmur which can be heard by your veterinarian with a stethoscope during your pet's physical examination.

However, heart disease caused by an abnormal tricuspid valve can be progressive and can eventually lead to heart failure for some dogs.

A heart murmur can be caused by abnormal blood flow within the heart, usually involving the heart valves.

A stethoscope placed on the left side of the pets chest just behind the elbow allows the person listening to hear abnormal heart rhythms as well as abnormal sounds of blood whooshing through overly distended heart valves.

The health complications may range from the heart valves not functioning properly to abnormal connections between the veins and the arteries to poor blood clotting due to dysfunctional blood platelets.

Heartworms visible by ultrasound in the AV valve of the right side of the heart, very abnormal bloodwork.

His main interest in clinical cardiology was initially in arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms), but over the years, he has developed a particular interests in the management of mitral valve disease, refractory or complicated cases of heart failure, feline cardiomyopathies and interventional cardiology.

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.

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.

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.