Congestive Cardiomyopathy

Dilated Congestive Cardiomyopathy - Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
Symptoms & Signs
Diagnosis & Tests
Prevention & Expectations
Treatment & Monitoring
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Congestive Cardiomyopathy
Definition Cardiomyopathy is an ongoing disease process that damages the muscle wall of the lower chambers of the heart. Congestive cardiomyopathy is the most common form of cardiomyopathy.

Congestive Cardiomyopathy
Constrictive Cardiomyopathy
Familial Cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic Nonobstructive Cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy
Myocardiopathy
Primary Cardiomyopathy ...

Congestive Cardiomyopathy
CVR
Cardiovascular-renal; Cardiovascular-respiratory; Cephalic Vasomotor Response; Cerebrovascular Resistance ...

Dilated congestive cardiomyopathy
Iron overload due to altered iron metabolism (juvenile hemachromatosis) or due to frequent transfusions (eg, for thalassemia major)
Nutritional deficiencies ...

Dilated Congestive Cardiomyopathy (Complementary/Alternative Medicine)
Dining Out: On a Low Salt Diet
Direct renin inhibitors for high blood pressure ...

Dilated Congestive Cardiomyopathy (Dilated Cardiomyopathy)
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Diminished Libido (Sexual Dysfunction in Women)
Diphtheria, Tetanus Toxoid, and Pertussis Vaccine (DPT Immunization)
Direct Bilirubin (Bilirubin) ...

Familial Congestive Cardiomyopathy
Familial Continuous Skin Peeling
Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy (FDC)
Familial Dysautonomia, Type II
Familial Dysbetalipoproteinemia
Familial Emphysema
familial encephalopathy with Collins bodies ...

Congestive cardiomyopathy.
Diabetic cardiomyopathy.
Familial dilated cardiomyopathy.
Idiopathic cardiomyopathy.
Ischemic cardiomyopathy.

dilated cardiomyopathy,also called congestive cardiomyopathy. This is the most common type and occurs when the main pumping chamber of the child’s heart muscle becomes too dilated or “stretched out.

Familial Congestive Cardiomyopathy
Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy (FDC)
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)
Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis
Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Non-obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ...

The most commonly encountered form is dilated congestive cardiomyopathy (DCM). In this type of cardiomyopathy, the heart muscle is damaged, commonly as a result of coronary artery disease, and gradually loses its efficiency as a pump.

See also: Myopathy, Cardiomyopathy, Dilated cardiomyopathy, Heart failure, Symptom