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Topic: Idiopathic dilation cardiomyopathy


  
  Glossary of Heart-Related Terms, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
It causes dilation of blood vessels and abnormalities of cardiac valves.
A medication that dilates or widens the opening in a blood vessel.
A sudden drop in blood pressure, with or without a decrease in heart rate, that is caused by a dysfunction of the nerves controlling the heart and blood vessels.
www.cincinnatichildrens.org /health/heart-encyclopedia/glossary.htm   (3727 words)

  
 no air to go - acronyms, abbreviations and lung disease glossary
- a chronic inflammatory or degenerative condition of bronchi or bronchioles marked by dilation and loss of elasticity of the walls.
- a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease characterized by dilation and destruction of alveoli leading to large air spaces, decreased elastic recoil and air trapping.
Examples: emphysema (lungs), cardiomyopathy (heart), and polycystic kidney disease (kidneys).
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 Heart Info - Cardiac Enlargement: A Patient Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Dilation involves an increase in the size of the inside cavity of a chamber of the heart.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic disease related to weakness of the individual muscle fibers of the heart.
There is a genetic form of dilated cardiomyopathy, related to many of the several forms of muscular dystrophy; in these, the disease process which affects and weakens body muscle does the same to the heart muscle.
www.heartinfo.com /ms/guides/4/main.html   (2072 words)

  
 FARA - Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance | Education and Resources | Beginners Primer
The syndrome is known as hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) or asymmetric septal hypertrophy (ASH).
Cardiomyopathy is more frequently seen with longer GAA repeat alleles [Durr et al 199, Filla et al 1996, Monros et al 1997].
Significant correlation is seen between the length of the GAA expansion and the thickness of the interventricular septum and left ventricular wall [Isnard et al 1997, Dutka et al 1999, Bit-Avragim et al 2001].
www.faresearchalliance.org /education/beginners_primer.asp   (4390 words)

  
 Pharmacy lasix for dog online
Answer: Eric- As long as your doberman does not have cardiomyopathy (weakness of the heart muscle) as the underlying cause of the heart failure, the prognosis for control of heart failure symptoms using medications lasix for dog is pretty good.
While no one can give you any real idea of how long these medications will work for any individual dog, it would not be unusual at all for them to work well for one to two years or more.
Of these conditions, the one that usually shows up without much warning is lasix for dog the lasix for dog idiopathic chronic hepatitis.
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