Cardiomyopathy Sentence Examples

Because drinking large amounts of alcohol can cause cardiomyopathy, drinking alcohol is sometimes discouraged.

Veterinarians often list this condition as cardiomyopathy, and there is more than one form.

The second study will involve 200 patients whose hearts are failing specifically because of dilated cardiomyopathy - a heart muscle disorder.

At least 1 of every 500 people in the UK has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which causes the heart muscle to grow abnormally thick.

A 6 hr. necropsy revealed cardiomyopathy and a heavy parasitical load of this a MALE Kogia breviceps.

There was a family history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in his son Thomas, who died in 1994 aged 31 years.

Top of the page Genetics Recently it has become apparent that Dilated cardiomyopathy is familial in at least 20% of cases.

Five years ago, Julian Wort collapsed and died, aged 28, from hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.

Nadia, a staff nurse, has been told she has arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.

An echocardiogram can also detect inheritable conditions such as cardiomyopathy and mitral valve prolapse.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common heart disease in all cats.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) - This is a form of heart disease.

The disease is called feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHCM).

Unfortunately, cardiomyopathy tends to occur without any warning.

Cardiomyopathy typically manifests itself in three forms.

In the case of dilated cardiomyopathy, the feline heart inflates in a balloon-like manner.

In an almost opposite mechanism to dilated cardiomyopathy, the hypertrophic condition results in heart muscle tissue that has thickened to the point of being unable to pump and function properly.

The condition of restrictive cardiomyopathy involves scarring of the heart tissue.

As mentioned previously, cardiomyopathy will often manifest without warning.

When humans develop cardiomyopathy, they often display signs of full-blown congestive heart failure which can include a wet foamy cough.

Unfortunately, by the time a pet owner recognizes the enlargement of his pet's stomach area, the cardiomyopathy is relatively advanced.

A veterinarian may run a routine battery of tests to diagnose cardiomyopathy, and these can include an EKG, an x-ray or ultrasound images to examine the shape and condition of your cat's heart.

For example, cardiomyopathy is very often present in cases of undiagnosed feline hyperthyroidism in which the excess thyroid hormones cause the heart to work overtime, thus wreaking havoc on its function over a period of time.

Portuguese Water Dog puppies may also be affected by Juvenile Dilated Cardiomyopathy.

Puppies are especially prone to a heart condition known as Juvenile Dilated Cardiomyopathy.

These include defective heart valves, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (enlarged heart muscle), holes or abnormal openings in the walls of the heart (septal defects), aortic aneurysm, or other congenital heart disease.

Various forms of heart disease often accompany FA, including cardiomyopathy (enlargement of the heart), myocardial fibrosis (formation of fiber-like materials in heart muscles), and cardiac failure.

Other common problems include heart valve dysfunction, thickening of the heart muscle (cardiomyopathy), enlarged spleen and liver, clouding of the cornea, hearing loss, and carpal tunnel syndrome.

Many children with MPS III develop seizures, sleeplessness, thicker skin, joint contractures, enlarged tongues, cardiomyopathy, behavior problems, and mental retardation.

Heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy) occurs more commonly in BMD.

The most important is over-activity of the heart muscle which causes a heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.