Sentences with phrase «heart muscle disease»

Restrictive cardiomyopathy, which accounts for approximately 10 percent of the primary heart muscle diseases diagnosed in Dr. Bonagura's practice, is caused by the excessive buildup of scar tissue on the inner lining and muscle of a ventricle.

Scientists at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, along with collaborators at institutions in India, Italy, and Japan, have identified the first gene linked to childhood - onset familial dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), one of the most common heart muscle diseases in children.

Maine Coon — a severe form of heart muscle disease (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) is seen in some Maine Coon cats.

Boxer ARVC is an adult onset heart muscle disease that can lead to sudden death or the development of congestive heart failure where the dog starts to cough or becomes short of breath.

The name hypertrophic cardiomyopathy literally means «thick heart muscle disease (Figure 1 below).

Atrial fibrillation may be associated with underlying heart muscle disease or it may occur in an otherwise seemingly normal heart1.

HCM is a primary heart muscle disease where the muscular walls of the ventricles become abnormally thickened (hypertrophied.)

Taurine deficiency can cause serious health problems in cats, including cardiomyopathy (or weakened heart muscle disease), reproductive disorders, and retinal degeneration and blindness.

HCM («enlarged heart muscle disease») is an inherited disorder in which the muscular walls of the heart become abnormally thickened.

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Veterinarians in the School of Veterinary Medicine at University of California, Davis, reported that a deficiency of taurine, an amino acid, was responsible for the development of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a form of heart muscle disease, in cats.

In addition, as many as 50 % of cats with primary heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy) that present to the veterinarian in heart failure will not have a murmur prior to presentation.

«First gene linked to heart muscle disease in children found.»

To qualify, patients must be an acceptable surgical risk and be defined as either severely obese with a BMI of 40 or greater or have a BMI of 35 or greater with at least one related condition: diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, obesity - related cardiomyopathy or heart muscle disease or severe joint disease.

Although Dr. George enjoys all aspects of cardiology, he has particular interests in managing degenerative heart valve disease, cardiomyopathies (heart muscle diseases), arrhythmias, and performing minimally invasive treatment of congenital and acquired heart diseases including patent ductus arteriosus occlusion, balloon valvuloplasty of pulmonary valve stenosis, and pacemaker implantation for abnormally slow heart rhythms.

The vast majority of heart disease in adult cats is caused by cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease), primarily hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).

In dogs, the most common causes are chronic degenerative heart valve disease (in small dogs), and dilated primary heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy) in large dogs.

In cats, hypertrophic primary heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy) is most common.

These include pneumonia, lower and upper respiratory infections, cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease,) Bordetella, lung - worms and Feline Heartworm.

In cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease), drugs such as Atenolol or Diltiazem reduce heart rate and allow the heart to fill more adequately.

Cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease) may or may not cause a murmur so there may be no immediate signs for your veterinarian to identify.

The most common heart disease in cats, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a heart muscle disease in which the walls of the heart, specifically the left ventricle, become abnormally thickened.

Similarly, out of cats that have heart muscle diseases (cardiomyopathies), only approximately 30 % have murmurs.

There are many causes of heart failure in cats, including birth (congenital) defects, degeneration of the heart valves, heartworm, diseases of the pericardium (the lining around the heart), and heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy).

There are lots of intermediary and combinations of heart muscle disease, but all forms begin as abnormalities of the muscular structures of the heart.

In senior cats, heart disease is typically acquired (as opposed to congenital or present at birth) and can be secondary to other illness like high blood pressure, heartworm infection, thyroid disorders or due to diseases of the heart valves (which are more common in dogs) or most commonly a primary cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease).

Studies in rabbits indicate that several things can happen under extreme or prolonged stress including; a drop in body temperature, a drop in blood pressure, damage to the kidneys, loss of appetite, stomach ulcers, cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease) and ultimately death.

Dilated (swollen) cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease) is a condition where the heart is large but the walls are thin and flabby so that the heart does not contract efficiently.

Golden Retriever Muscular Dystrophy is similar to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) that affects humans and mainly affects Golden Retrievers in the U.S. and Irish Terriers in Europe; along with previously noted symptoms, affected dogs have been reported with heart muscle disease, this type of muscular dystrophy serves as a model for DMD in humans in clinical studies and trials

While some dogs can stabilize after maturity, the progressive nature of the disease leads to weakness, debilitation, and heart muscle disease.

Health Issues This breed can have a heart muscle disease.

Heart disease is a common problem in dogs and, like people, can be caused by a variety of underlying diseases including heart valve degeneration, irregular heart rate and rhythm (arrhythmia), and heart muscle disease.