Dilated cardiomyopathies in dogs
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Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is primary disease of the muscle of the heart, characterized by a progressive decline in the contractility of the ventricles, dilation of all the cardiac chambers, leading to congestive heart failure (CHF), arrhythmias, and death. Histopathology of the cardiac muscle (myocardium) reveals necrosis of cardiac cells, scar tissue (fibrosis), and sometimes replacement of the cardiac muscle cells by fat. Interestingly enough, there is very little inflammation.
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