abnormal susceptibility to aortic cartilaginous metaplasia +
abnormal susceptibility to diet-induced aortic fatty streak lesions +
abnormal systemic arterial blood pressure +
abnormal vasculature physiology +
cardiomyopathy +
congestive heart failure
cardiac output is insufficient to supply blood throughout the body, resulting in the accumulation of fluid in the lungs and other body tissues; it is related mainly to salt and water retention in the tissues rather than directly to reduced blood flow; blood pools in the veins (vascular congestion) because the heart does not pump efficiently enough to allow it to return