cardiomyopathy
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- Medical condition (new).name
- Cardiomyopathy
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- Opened left ventricle showing thickening, dilatation, and subendocardial fibrosis noticeable as increased whiteness of the inside of the heart.
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- Cardiology
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- Depends on type and symptoms
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- 2.5 million with myocarditis (2015)
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- 354,000 with myocarditis (2015)
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Research
174,361 papers- Cardiomyopathy: An Overview.American family physician · 2017
- Clinical implications of septic cardiomyopathy: A narrative review.Medicine · 2024
- Cardiomyopathy and pregnancy.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2019
- Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy.La Tunisie medicale · 2020
- Cardiomyopathy in Children: Classification and Diagnosis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2019
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Causes
- Mechanism
- Diagnosis
- Classification
- Treatment
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Cardiomyopathy is a group of primary diseases of the heart muscle. Early on there may be few or no symptoms. As the disease worsens, shortness of breath, feeling tired, and swelling of the legs may occur, due to the onset of heart failure. An irregular heart beat and fainting may occur. Those affected are at an increased risk of sudden cardiac death.
As of 2013, cardiomyopathies are defined as "disorders characterized by morphologically and functionally abnormal myocardium in the absence of any other disease that is sufficient, by itself, to cause the observed phenotype." Types of cardiomyopathy include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome). In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy the heart muscle enlarges and thickens. In dilated cardiomyopathy the ventricles enlarge and weaken. In restrictive cardiomyopathy the ventricle stiffens.