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Cardiac Hypertrophy vascular resistance and blood pressure
VetBooks.ir Hypertrophy (increase in cell size) occurs in the lungs. Brisket disease (high
mountain disease) of cattle occurs
in cardiac muscle when the heart has
excessive work to do, but like skeletal when hypertrophy of the heart cannot
adequately compensate for the increased
muscle, mature cardiac muscle cells do not vascular resistance. A common clinical
readily regenerate or undergo hyperplasia. sign is edema of the brisket. Cardiac
Living at high altitude may cause hyper- hypertrophy also occurs in people and
trophy of the heart in both humans and animals who undergo strenuous athletic
animals, partly because of increased training.