Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Dilated cardiomyopathy is a condition of the heart muscle. Some forms of dilated cardiomyopathy run in families. The heart dilates (becomes enlarged) and pumps blood less well.
Dilated cardiomyopathy
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Dilated cardiomyopathy is a condition in which the heart becomes weakened and enlarged, and it cannot pump blood efficiently. The decreased heart function can affect the lungs, liver, and other body systems.
Dilated cardiomyopathy or DCM, also known as congestive cardiomyopathy, is a condition in which the heart becomes weakened and enlarged, and cannot pump blood efficiently.
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Dilated cardiomyopathy
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Dilated cardiomyopathy is a condition in which the heart becomes weakened and enlarged, and it cannot pump blood efficiently. The decreased heart function can affect the lungs, liver, and other body systems.
Dilated cardiomyopathy is myocardial dysfunction causing heart failure in which ventricular dilation and systolic dysfunction predominate. Symptoms include dyspnea, fatigue, and peripheral edema.
What Is Dilated Cardiomyopathy?
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a condition in which the heart's ability to pump blood is decreased because the heart's main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, is enlarged and weakened; ...
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Dilated cardiomyopathy. This is the most common form of cardiomyopathy. In this disorder, the left ventricle — your heart's main pumping chamber — becomes enlarged (dilated) and its pumping ability becomes less forceful.
Dilated Cardiomyopathy Symptoms
This type is the most common. Adults between the ages of 20 to 60 can develop it. There are men than women who have this type of cardiomyopathy. Dilated cardiomyopathey affects the ventricles of the heart.
Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common form, causing enlargement of both of the heart's ventricles, or pumping chambers. The enlargement weakens the heart and may cause eventual heart failure.
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.
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Genetics- About 20-30% of cases of dilated cardiomyopathy are thought to run in families. The exact genes involved are unknown.
Viral infection of heart muscle (myocarditis), from coxsackie virus B and others.
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
The cause of dilated cardiomyopathy often isn't known. As many as one-third of the people who have dilated cardiomyopathy inherit it from their parents.
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Prognosis is hugely variable. Life expectancy is likely to be reduced, especially if heart failure symptoms are present. Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common reason for heart transplant.
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Dilated cardiomyopathy
A disease of the myocardium (heart muscle) that causes the heart cavity to become stretched and enlarged, and the pumping capacity of the heart is reduced.
Dilatation
The increase in size of a blood vessel.
Dilated cardiomyopathy. This type involves enlargement of one or more of your heart's chambers.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This form involves thickening of your heart's muscle.
Restrictive cardiomyopathy.
Dilated cardiomyopathy - an enlargement of one or more of the heart's chambers
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - a thickening of the heart's muscle
Restrictive cardiomyopathy - the heart muscle becomes more rigid.
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Dilated, or congestive, cardiomyopathy is more common and occurs due to enlarging and stretching of the heart cavity, weakening the heart so it doesn't pump normally.
Dilated cardiomyopathy: A disorder in which the chambers of the heart are dilated (enlarged) because the heart muscle is weakened and cannot pump effectively.
How is dilated cardiomyopathy diagnosed?
Your doctor will ask questions about your symptoms and past health. He or she will want to know about recent illnesses and about heart disease in your family.
What is dilated cardiomyopathy?
Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common form of cardiomyopathy. The heart muscle is enlarged and stretched (dilated), causing the heart to become weak and pump inefficiently.
What is dilated cardiomyopathy?
Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most frequent form of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. The cavity of the heart is enlarged and stretched (cardiac dilation) causing the heart to become weak and not pump normally.
Dilated cardiomyopathy involves an enlarged (dilated) ventricle on the right or left side of the heart, more often on the left side, in which thinning of the muscles reduces the pumping ability (contractile dysfunction).
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Dilated cardiomyopathy is a leading cause for heart transplantation.
What causes cardiomyopathy?
Dilated cardiomyopathy can occur as a result of infections, as a complication of pregnancy, and as a result of abusing certain drugs or alcohol. However, in approximately 80% of cases the cause remains a mystery.
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Dilated Cardiomyopathy Causes, Symptoms And Treatment
How is dilated cardiomyopathy diagnosed? He or she will want to know about recent illnesses and about heart disease in your family.
In dilated cardiomyopathy, it may take years for symptoms to develop. Blood clots may form due to the abnormal pooling of blood in the heart.
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Lung treatment while sleeping (nocturnal noninvasive ventilation) or respiratory assistance during periods of lung infection is recommended.
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Hans Kottkamp presented a case of a 60-year-old male in long-standing persistent (chronic) A-Fib with dilated cardiomyopathy. (He hadn't seen a cardiologist in three years.) He was diagnosed with A-Fib nearly twenty years ago.
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Alcohol abuse has also been associated with, and may actually be a cause of, idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart enlarges and its muscles weaken, putting the patient at risk for heart failure.
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Congestive cardiomyopathy is the most common form of cardiomyopathy. In congestive cardiomyopathy, also called dilated cardiomyopathy, the walls of the heart chambers stretch (dilate) to hold a greater volume of blood than normal.
Some patients who have paralysis or encephalitis, however, do not fully recover. Persons who develop heart failure (dilated cardiomyopathy) from myocarditis may require long-term care for their conditions.
Other functional causes of heart failure such as including valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease, dilated cardiomyopathy, lung disease, heart tumo.
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