sudden cardiac death may occur when the heart's electrical signals become erratic (arrhythmias). When the heart tissue that is responsible for regular electrical stimulus of heart muscle contractions is damaged, the heart stops effectively pumping blood. Death usually occurs in a few minutes after t...
which manifests as amultisystem diseaseaffecting mainly the cardiovascular and digestive systems. The most serious and common sign of chronic CD is cardiac damage, observed in 20–30% of all cases and characterised by progressive lesions in thecardiac muscle. Indeed,Chagas cardiomyopathyis the lead...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiac disease with an incidence of 1:5001. Hallmarks of HCM are cardiomyocyte disarray, interstitial fibrosis, and hypertrophy of the left ventricle2,3. Disease progression can be variable among affected families and individuals with sympt...
Ischemic Cardiomyopathy In subject area: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science Ischemic cardiomyopathy (IC) refers to severe myocardial dysfunction resulting from occlusive coronary artery disease (CAD) (Burch and McDonald, 1971; From: Methods in Enzymology, 2011 Featured on this page...
this occurs when fatty tissue replaces that of the right ventricular myocardium and, as the name implies, frequently causes arrhythmia. most commonly, ventricular tachycardia occurs. sudden cardiac death is the main concern in arvd. the classic ecg finding of epsilon waves from early after...
Overall, 2357 patients (49.3%) were reported to have at least 1 category of family history; 1819 patients (38.0%) had a family history of primary cardiomyopathy or arrhythmia, 1135 (23.7%) had a family history of unexplained sudden cardiac death, and 597 (12.5%) had a family history of ...
Due to its significant prevalence, high mortality and morbidity, including frequent hospitalizations, DCM is a major health concern for adults. Despite improvements in the treatment of heart failure introduced in the last 10 years, including the general availability of cardiac transplantation and better...
Nevertheless, dysregulation of cardiac functions has been found to be one of the major complications of cancer cachexia leading to heart failure. Cancer-induced cardiomyopathy results in cardiac dysfunction, similar to congestive heart diseases, which is accompanied by cardiac atrophy, metabolic ...
lot during the subsequent 1 or 2 decades. A family history of a similar polyneuropathy is usually present when sought. Investigators have emphasized the need for cardiac screening viacardiac imaging(e.g. cardiac magnetic resonance-CMR) in all patients with familial peripheral neuropathy due to ...
Failure of normal end-diastolic volume can occur secondary to an intrinsic inability of the myocardium to relax (e.g.,hypertrophic cardiomyopathy). Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (seeChapter 41) is the most commonly diagnosed feline cardiac disease and is characterized by concentric hypertrophy of the vent...