| dc.description.abstract | Cardiomyopathies are an arduous spectrum of diseases of the heart muscle
experienced by canines and may be of a growing concern within the expanding canine
population. While the prevalence in many breeds is rather constant, new trends and
changing breed popularity warrants an investigation and an overview of these complex
conditions.
Of the various existing classifications of cardiomyopathies, derived from the
evolution of human classifications, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and arrhythmogenic
right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) are the two most often encountered
cardiomyopathic diseases in canine patients. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a rarely
diagnosed cardiomyopathy in dogs and hypertrophy of the left ventricle is often a result of
another systemic disease. | en_US |
