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.
Not exact matches
It also and demonstrates how liver lymphatic imaging and a novel intervention that seals off the
abnormal lymph
flow can improve the quality of life
for patients with this condition.
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have determined
for the first time the impact of a ring - shaped vortex on transporting blood
flow in normal and
abnormal ventricles within the human 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.
There are advanced imaging methods that are excellent
for identifying
abnormal liver blood
flow (as in portosystemic shunts) that account
for a large portion of the pets with HE that you can read about here.
Most often animals are referred to our veterinary cardiology specialists
for a heart murmur (an
abnormal heart sound that usually indicates turbulent blood
flow) or clinical signs that may indicate cardiac disease (such as exercise intolerance, lethargy, persistent cough, difficulty breathing, collapse, or swollen abdomen or limbs).
Changes may occur in blood pressure, and the heart may enlarge as it tries to make up
for the
abnormal blood
flow, ultimately leading to heart failure in most cases.»