Cardiomyopathy
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| Opened left ventricle of heart shows a thickened, dilated left ventricle with subendocardial fibrosis manifested as increased whiteness of endocardium {Autopsy findings}. Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology | |
| ICD-10 | I42.0 |
| ICD-9 | 425.4 |
| DiseasesDB | 2137 |
| MeSH | D009202 |
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2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy |
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Cardiomyopathy On the Web |
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American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Cardiomyopathy |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Overview
Cardiomyopathy, which literally means "heart muscle disease", is the deterioration of the function of the myocardium (i.e., the actual heart muscle) for any reason. People with cardiomyopathy are often at risk of arrhythmia or sudden cardiac death or both.[1]
Cardiomyopathies can generally be categorized into two groups, based on World Health Organization guidelines: extrinsic cardiomyopathies and intrinsic cardiomyopathies.[2]
In general definition;
Cardiomyopathies are myocardial diseases that independent of:
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Pericardial Disease
- Pulmonary hypertension / Systemic hypertension
- Valvular heart disease
References
- ↑ Kasper, Denis L.; et al. (2005). Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th edn. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-139140-1.
- ↑ Richardson, P.; et al. (1996). "Report of the 1995 World Health Organization/International Society and Federation of Cardiology Task Force on the Definition and Classification of cardiomyopathies". Circulation. 93 (5): 841–2. PMID 8598070. (Full text)
External links
- The Cardiomyopathy Association
- Cardiomyopathy information from Seattle Children's Hospital Heart Center
- Information from the Stanford Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center
- Cardiomyopathy-related antibodies
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