Cardiomyopathies are disorders of the myocardium of unknown cause (Figure 12–1). Specific heart muscle diseases are disorders of the myocardium of known cause or association, such as amyloid, sarcoid, or alcoholic heart disease.doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-9925-4_12Celia M. Oakley...
The parietal pericardium. • The visceral pericardium. The heart organ has three layers of tissue: • Epicardium. • Myocardium. • Endocardium. The heart wall consists of: • Cardiac muscle: ○ Contracts easily. ○ Contains pacemaker cells as part of the conducting system and has action...
Cardiomyopathies are disorders of the myocardium of unknown cause that are not associated with other disorders (figure 9-1). Specific heart muscle diseases, once known as secondary cardiomyopathies, are disorders of the myocardium of known cause or association, such as amyloid heart disease, ...
Fetal cardiology is a rapidly expanding subspecialty, following the advances obtained in fetal imaging and the growing research on prenatal physiology and pathophysiology. Diseases of the fetal myocardium, as well as those affecting the endocardium and the pericardium, show a wide variety of causes ...