Cardiomyopathies
Original Editor - Lucinda hampton
Top Contributors - Lucinda hampton, Kim Jackson and Rucha Gadgil
Introduction[edit | edit source]
Cardiomyopathy is defined as a "disease of the myocardium with associated cardiac dysfunction".[1]
- The nonischemic cardiomyopathies are a diverse group of cardiac disorders that frequently cause heart failure and death and are now recognized with increasing frequency.
- There has been substantial progress in the clinical recognition and understanding of the natural history of these conditions. Well-established and new techniques of cardiac imaging are helping in this regard. [2]
- Nearly, 50% of patients dying suddenly in childhood or adolescence or undergoing cardiac transplantation are affected by cardiomyopathies.[3]
Classification[edit | edit source]
Cardiomyopathy classification separates the various cardiomyopathies into several subtypes.
It was initially classified according to the 1995 World Health Organisation / International Society and Federation of Cardiology (WHO/ISFC) system as follows:
- dilated cardiomyopathy
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- restrictive cardiomyopathy
- arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy[1]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Radiopedia Cardiomyopathies Available from: https://radiopaedia.org/articles/cardiomyopathy-whoisfc-1995-classification(accessed 24.4.2021)
- ↑ Braunwald E. Cardiomyopathies: an overview. Circulation research. 2017 Sep 15;121(7):711-21.Available from:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.117.311812 (accessed 24.4.2021)
- ↑ McKenna WJ, Maron BJ, Thiene G. Classification, epidemiology, and global burden of cardiomyopathies. Circulation research. 2017 Sep 15;121(7):722-30.Available from: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.117.309711(accessed 24.4.2021)
