HEART DISEASE

In contrast, with dilated cardiomyopathy the muscular heart is actually thinned from stretching to accommodate abnormally large, dilated heart chambers. While in other species and in other breeds of dogs there are many causes of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), in the Doberman the disease is primary, a genetic predisposition, not caused by other medical problems. The primary problem in Doberman ... ................
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