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).
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