Sentences with phrase «inherited heart conditions»

It's an inherited heart condition that causes the heart to develop abnormally.

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[emphasis mine] Just as antibiotics conquered infectious diseases and vaccines eliminated the scourges of polio and smallpox, the ability to manipulate our cells and genes is supposed to vanquish everything from terrible inherited disorders, such as Huntington's and cystic fibrosis, to widespread conditions like cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.

The new procedure tackled a genetic mutation in human embryos that causes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an inherited condition in which the heart muscle becomes abnormally thick.

Our energy field, together with our diet and lifestyle, choreographs our health and emotions, and predisposes us to the heart conditions, the breast conditions, and the emotional dramas we inherit from our parents.

«Heart conditions can be inherited in dogs as they are in people.

The Airedale can inherit several conditions, including hip dysplasia, heart problems, and some forms of cancer.

Although purebred dogs do have a higher incidence of some inherited disorders, they are no more likely to develop many serious health conditions, such as cancer, heart disorders and endocrine disorders, than mixed breed dogs.

In this condition, an inherited pathway runs from the pet's abdomen to the sac that surrounds the heart (the pericardium).

Cavaliers are most commonly screened for heart problems, slipping patellas, and inherited eye conditions.

In this condition, which is most often genetically inherited, the mitral valve, located deep within the heart, exhibits diminished functionality and is unable to efficiently perform its important function, which is to regulate the flow of blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle.

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.

A special emphasis is given to valve disease, congenital heart disease, and inherited cardiovascular conditions as well as coronary disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, imaging, epidemiology, global health, genomics and translational science.