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Cardiomyopathy and heart failure - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and prognosis ... Cardiomyopathy is disease of the heart muscle. In most cases, cardiomyopathy causes the heart muscle to become weak.
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heartdisease.about.com/cs/heartfailure/a/CHF1.htm
heartdisease.about.com/cs/heartfailure/a/CHF1.htm
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Many cardiac disorders (including coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, viral infections, diabetes, kidney failure, and a variety of inflammatory diseases) can cause a weakness of the cardiac muscle, mostly affecting the ventricles.
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heartdisease.about.com/cs/heartfailure/a/cmyop.htm
heartdisease.about.com/cs/heartfailure/a/cmyop.htm
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The right and left heart muscles are different sizes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. With restrictive cardiomyopathy, the heart muscle does not relax between heartbeats and is ... Individuals with a severely weakened heart may need a pacemaker or surgery to sustain life until a donor heart for transplantation is available.
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www.heartlandcardio.com/tabid/1028/ctl/View/mid/2275/Co...
www.heartlandcardio.com/tabid/1028/ctl/View/mid/2275/ContentPubID/282/Default.aspx
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Congestive heart failure can affect many organs of the body. For example, the weakened heart muscles may not be able to supply enough blood to the kidneys, which then begin to lose their normal ability to excrete salt (sodium) and water. ... What causes congestive heart failure?
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www.medicinenet.com/congestive_heart_failure/article.ht...
www.medicinenet.com/congestive_heart_failure/article.htm
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Congestive heart failure (or CHF) is a debilitating disease often caused by a weakened heart muscle that is unable to pump enough oxygen-rich blood for the body. When the heart can’t pump enough blood, fluid accumulates in the lungs and other organs. ... Causes of CHF ; "Heart failure. The term sounds alarming.
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www.acc.org/media/patient/chd/chf.htm
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Alcoholic cardiomyopathy causes the weakened heart muscle to pump inefficiently, leading to heart failure. In severe cases, the lack of blood flow affects all parts of the body, damaging many tissues and organs.
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www.drugs.com/enc/alcoholic-cardiomyopathy.html
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This compound, called cardiogenol C, causes mouse embryonic stem cells to selectively differentiate into "cardiomyocytes," or heart muscle cells, an important step on the road to developing new therapies for repairing damaged heart tissue.
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www.spacedaily.com/reports/Chemical_Turns_Mouse_Stem_Ce...
www.spacedaily.com/reports/Chemical_Turns_Mouse_Stem_Cells_Into_Heart_Muscles.html
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Most children with unexplained thickening of the heart muscle, called idiopathic cardiac hypertrophy, actually have a genetic mutation that affects cells that help the heart to contract, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School in a report that appears online in the New England Journal...
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www.geneticstimes.com/Research/Gene_mutations_found_in_...
www.geneticstimes.com/Research/Gene_mutations_found_in_many_children_with_abnormally_thick_heart_muscles.asp
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Primary cardiomyopathy can't be attributed to a specific cause, such as high blood pressure, heart valve disease, artery diseases or congenital heart defects. Secondary cardiomyopathy is due to specific causes. ... In these young patients the heart condition is often associated with changes in the skeletal muscles,
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www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4468
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4468
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