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.
All of the states making up the Northeastern region were among the original Thirteen Colonies, though Maine and Vermont were part of other colonies before the United States became independent in the American Revolution.