Category

Cardiomyopathy

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hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

disease in which the heart muscle is enlarged

dilated cardiomyopathy

disease characterized by an enlarged heart

takotsubo cardiomyopathy

sudden temporary weakening of the heart muscle

restrictive cardiomyopathy

form of cardiomyopathy in which the walls are rigid,and the heart is restricted from stretching and filling with blood properly

arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

intrinsic cardiomyopathy that is characterized by hypokinetic areas involving the free wall of the right ventricle, with fibrofatty replacement of the right ventricular myocardium, with associated arrhythmias originating in the right ventricle

peripartum cardiomyopathy

alcoholic cardiomyopathy

disease in which the chronic long-term abuse of alcohol (i.e., ethanol) leads to heart failure

left ventricular noncompaction

Loeffler endocarditis

restrictive cardiomyopathy that affects the endocardium and occurs with white blood cell proliferation, specifically of eosinophils

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

congestive heart failure wherein the amount of blood pumped from the heart's left ventricle with each beat (ejection fraction) is greater than 50%

cardiac fibrosis

the excess deposition of the extracellular matrix of the myocardium (cardiac muscle)

ischemic cardiomyopathy

type of cardiomyopathy caused by a narrowing of the coronary arteries which supply blood to the heart