Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle. There are four main types of cardiomyopathy and each can affect people differently. This article discusses the signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment for the different types of the disease, the importance of genetic screening and risk ...
HCM hypertrophic cardiomyopathy LV left ventricular PCI percutaneous coronary intervention CABG coronary artery bypass grafting NYHA New York Heart Association ALT alanine aminotransferase HbA1 glycated hemoglobin 1. Introduction Hypertension is common in worldwide and China, but it remains inadequately controll...
Because of normal wall thickness, normal ECG (Fig. 2) and no family history of sudden cardiac death we didn't consider the 'early phase hypertrophic cardiomyopathy' to be first in line for the differnatial diagnosis and didn't perform a CMR at that point; because it's pretest prob- ...
BACKGROUND: Most studies of amyloidotic cardiomyopathy consider as a single entity the 3 main systemic cardiac amyloidoses: acquired monoclonal immunoglobulin light-chain (AL); hereditary, mutated transthyretin-related (ATTRm); and wild-type transthyretin-related (ATTRwt). In this study, we compared...
CardiomyopathyMonoclonal gammopathyScintigraphySystemic amyloidosis of the immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) or transthyretin type (ATTR) is a multisystem protein deposition disease that often involves the heart. Delays in diagnosis are very common and can have detrimental consequences on patient outcomes. ...
The STICH (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure) trial proved that CABG is superior to medical therapy in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy at a ten-year follow-up [53]. On the other hand, the most recent REVIVED trial has questioned the reasonableness of PCI in patients with ...
The role of hyperglycaemia in the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy. Arch. Cardiovasc. Dis. 2021, 114, 748–760. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed] Chowdhury, T.A.; Jacob, P. Challenges in the management of people with diabetes and cancer. Diabet. Med. 2019, 36, 795–802. [...
More than 30 types of muscular dystrophies are included in the broader group of neuromuscular cardiomyopathies. Skeletal muscle weakness is a defining characteristic of muscular dystrophy, but as treatments improve and patients live longer, cardiomyopathy has emerged as the leading cause of death for...