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.
The Northeastern United States is bounded to the north by Canada, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the American South, and to the west by the American Midwest. The region occupies a total area of 469,630 km2.