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===Common Causes=== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
* [[Alpha-L-iduronidase deficiency]] | * [[Alpha-L-iduronidase deficiency]] | ||
* [[Hurler syndrome]] | * [[Hurler syndrome]] | ||
* [[Amyloidosis]] | * [[Amyloidosis]] | ||
* [[Carcinoid | * [[Carcinoid tumors]] | ||
* [[Carcinoid syndrome]] | |||
* [[Endocardial fibroelastosis]] | * [[Endocardial fibroelastosis]] | ||
* [[Endomyocardial fibrosis]] | * [[Endomyocardial fibrosis]] | ||
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* [[Hemochromatosis]] | * [[Hemochromatosis]] | ||
* [[Löffler's syndrome]] | * [[Löffler's syndrome]] | ||
* [[Mucolipidosis | * [[Mucolipidosis II alpha/beta]] | ||
* [[Paraneoplastic syndrome]] | * [[Paraneoplastic syndrome]] | ||
* [[Radiation therapy|Postradiation fibrosis]] | * [[Radiation therapy|Postradiation fibrosis]] | ||
Revision as of 20:07, 22 October 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Synonyms and keywords: Infiltrative cardiomyopathy; RCM
Overview
Restrictive cardiomyopathy is the least common cardiomyopathy. It is called this because it restricts the heart from stretching and filling with blood properly. Rhythmicity and contractility of the heart may be normal, but the stiff walls of the heart chambers (atria and ventricles) keep them from adequately filling. So blood flow is reduced, and blood that would normally enter the heart is backed up in the circulatory system. In time, restrictive cardiomyopathy patients develop heart failure.
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Common Causes
- Alpha-L-iduronidase deficiency
- Hurler syndrome
- Amyloidosis
- Carcinoid tumors
- Carcinoid syndrome
- Endocardial fibroelastosis
- Endomyocardial fibrosis
- Gangliosidosis GM1
- Gaucher disease
- Hemochromatosis
- Löffler's syndrome
- Mucolipidosis II alpha/beta
- Paraneoplastic syndrome
- Postradiation fibrosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Systemic sclerosis
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
Diagnosis
Electrocardiogram
Shown below is an example of restrictive cardiomyopathy with low voltage and flipped anterior T waves.
