It is divided into four chambers: the upper two atria are the receiving chambers and the lower two ventricles are the pumping chambers. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) causes the heart to become enlarged ...
[3] Asymptomatic relatives may have undiagnosed DCM, and relatives reported to have DCM may actually have other forms of cardiomyopathy such as ischemic cardiomyopathy. Classification into ...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, is a genetic disease in which the heart muscle grows thicker than normal. You might think of the term “big-hearted” to connote something good, says Dr.
Thus, ischemia may contribute to the progression of LV systolic dysfunction without an obvious clinical ischemic event. 49 Figure 2. Role of CAD in the pathophysiology of HF with reduced systolic ...
The diagnosis of the condition requires ruling out potential confounders such as respiratory disease, ischemic heart disease ... and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, were considered part of the ...