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The family said their dog, Maya, died in 2024 at age ten from a heart condition called dilated cardiomyopathy, linked to some ...

Your pet is (probably) not a genius, and that’s OK. By Emily Anthes Earlier this year, I wrote about dogs with an unusual talent. Although many dogs can master basic commands, these animals had ...

Genome-first analyses in UK Biobank and All of Us support RBM20 as an arrhythmogenic DCM gene, with an etiologic fraction of 0.53 and significant association strength. Comparative risk modeling showed ...

A global clinical trial involving The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has found that mavacamten—a heart medication previously approved for adults—can safely and effectively improve the flow of ...

Adolescent patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who received the drug mavacamten saw a significant improvement in left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) gradient, a measure of ...

Approved pharmacologic therapies for pediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are lacking, and surgical intervention may be indicated in patients with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a progressive heart disease with four stages. At each stage, HCM has a greater impact on the heart’s structure and function. In the earliest stage, a person will ...

Police are asking for the public’s help with an animal cruelty investigation in Sussex County involving several abandoned dogs. Approximately six to eight small dogs were found at several locations in ...

It started back in 2018, when the Food and Drug Administration began receiving reports about canine dilated cardiomyopathy in dogs that were fed grain-free pet foods containing legumes such as peas, ...

The phase 1/2 UPBEAT trial is currently evaluating a single intravenous infusion of AFTX-201 in adults with genetically confirmed BAG3-associated dilated cardiomyopathy. The Food and Drug ...