If an x-ray shows an enlarged heart, we can't tell from the x-ray if the walls of the heart are thick with
narrowed heart chambers (where the blood flows) or if the walls are thin and weak with big chambers or if there is fluid build - up between the heart and the sac that surrounds it.
Not exact matches
27 percent reduction in conotruncal defects, or severe
heart outflow tract abnormalities; 23 percent reduction in coarctation of the aorta — a
narrowing of the major artery (the aorta) that carries blood to the body; 15 percent reduction in atrial and ventricular septal defects — holes in the wall separating
heart chambers; however, no changes were seen with regard to chromosomally associated defects — abnormality in the number of an infant's chromosomes.
Valve replacement is a treatment for aortic stenosis, which is
narrowing of the valve between the main pumping
chamber of the
heart and the aorta, the main artery that carries blood from the
heart to the rest of the body.
Early in development, the vertebrate
heart is transformed from a
narrow tube into a powerful four -
chambered pump.
In order of prevalence, the major
heart problems were pulmonic stenosis (=
narrowed vein channel), patent (open) ductus arteriosus, aortic stenosis (=
narrowed artery channel) and ventricular septal defect (hole in the
heart muscle that separates its two lower
chambers).
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.