Specifically, the heart muscle in dogs with DCM becomes. weak and incapable of pumping blood forward as strongly as it should. In addition, the. electrical conduction system in the heart is often affected, sometimes resulting in life-. threatening or fatal arrhythmias (abnormalities in cardiac rhythm).
The nine states the U.S. Census Bureau designates as the Northeast region are Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Connecticut Name Origin and State Nicknames. Northeast. Connecticut is the southernmost state in the northeastern region of the United States known as New England. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, the State of New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south.