Browsing by Subject "Dilated Cardiomyopathy"
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(2009-05-15)The domestic dog, Canis familiaris, with over 450 naturally-occurring hereditary diseases, serves as a valuable model organism for study of the genetics underlying many human hereditary diseases. Approximately half of the ...
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(2015-04-28)In human end-stage heart failure patients, the activation of Rho kinase 1 (ROCK1) is observed in the heart. ROCK1 activation promotes the activation of caspase 3, which results in a feed-forward loop contributing to myocyte ...
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(2011-01-21)Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a major public health issue in the developed and developing world. In the U.S., CHF affects more than 5.3 million people with 550,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Approximately 20 percent ...
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(2010-07-14)Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate a family of Great Danes with known dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) using serial echocardiographic evaluation. Animals, Materials, and Methods: Twenty-two dogs were ...