Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a common condition, which carries significant mortality from sudden cardiac death and pump failure. Left ventricular ejection fraction has conventionally been used as a risk marker for sudden cardiac death, but has performed poorly in trials. There have been significant...
Clinical work-up of acute myocardial inflammation In suspected acute myocardial injury, acute coronary syndrome and stress-induced cardiomyopathy should be excluded, especially in patients with chest pain, heart failure, or new arrhythmia. The clinical presentation and symptoms of a patient with acute ...
Nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy DbCM: Diabetic cardiomyopathy DM: Diabetes mellitus GLS: Global longitudinal strain HF: Heart failure HR: Hazard ratio IQR: Interquartile range LA: Left atrium LAVI: Left atrium volume index LGE: Late gadolinium enhancement LV: Left ventricle LVEF: ...
Nonischemic-dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM) is an entity that gathers extremely heterogeneous diseases. This awareness, although leading to continuous improvement in survival, has increased the complexity of NIDCM patients' management. Even though the endorsed 'red-flags' approach helps clinician...
This study sought to evaluate the efficacy of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy with or without cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM). Background The effect of ICD on mortality of patients with NICM and left ventricular ejection fra...
It also provides incremental prognostic ability in nonischemic heart diseases, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) (3), dilated cardiomyopathy (4), and acute myocarditis (5). However, the independent prognostic significance of nonischemic LGE in the context of normal left ventricular (LV) ...
The PLV improves LV performance by a dramatic reduction of ventricular end-systolic and end-diastolic stresses. Further studies are needed to assess whether this effect is sustained during long-term follow-up and to define the role of PLV in the treatment of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy....
Objective:To review a case of life-threatening cardiogenic shock due to nonischemic cardiomyopathy associated with anterior hypopituitarism and to compare this case with previous reports in the literature. Methods:We describe the clinical presentation, biochemistry, imaging, treatment, and outcome of a ...