These pets usually have very fast heart rate (more than 200 beats per min) which, if not controlled, can lead to
additional heart muscle damage and dysfunction.
Not exact matches
«It is our hope that Dr. Yin's research will lead to
additional potential therapeutic agents like ZF143 to reactivate mechanisms for the repair and regeneration of damaged
heart muscle tissue in humans.»
By supplying the
heart with
additional blood and oxygen via these new vessels, the
heart muscle can begin a process of repairing itself.
The problem is that at
heart rates higher than MAF, energy needs outpace both (1) the breakdown and use of fats for energy and (2) the intake and transport of oxygen, meaning that the body has no choice but to engage anaerobic channels — not of a particular
muscle to fuel that particular
muscle, but of the
muscles across the body as a whole, in order to feed the metabolism's
additional energy needs.
If congestive
heart failure develops,
additional medications may be indicated to rid the body of retained fluid, improve
heart muscle function, treat arrhythmias, and make it easier for the
heart to pump blood forward into the circulation.
Drugs that help the
heart muscle function more effectively, giving
additional strength to the pump
In addition, pets with sudden
heart disease often generate blood clots (thromboembolisms, saddle thrombi in cats) that deprive
muscles throughout the body of oxygen, probably liberating
additional CK from that source as well.