Cardiomyopathy

Introduction Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a heart condition in which part of the heart muscle gets too thick. The condition can cause a dangerous and abnormal heart rhythm. It can also weaken the heart over time. The heart is divided into four chambers. The thickening usually affects the pumping chamber on the lower left (left ventricle). HCM may also affect the valve that lets blood flow out of the left ventricle (mitral valve). Symptoms often begin at about age 30. What are the causes?

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy A lot of people in this world are unknown to the heart disease called peripartum cardiomyopathy. This heart disease is a uncommon heart disease. It’s a heart failure that happens in some women in the last month of their pregnancy. With this heart disease the heart cannot pump enough blood to the body’s vital organs. Which then causes organ failure if not caught. PPCM is still being studied doctors still don’t know what exactly triggers the heart failure. They say it may

Introduction Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) was originally described in Japan in early 1990s and has been recognized as an increasingly prevalent transient cardiomyopathy triggered by emotional or physical stress. In the past two decades, several variations of this ballooning syndrome have been described including the classic apical ballooning type, a biventricular type , a mid-ventricular type, and finally a basal type [1]. This condition can masquerade as an acute myocardial infarction clinically

Initial Differential Diagnoses: 1. Acute coronary syndrome 2 Anxiety Attack 3 Musculoskeletal chest pain, Costochondritis 4 Myocarditis/Pericarditis 5 Pneumonia 6 Coronary artery vasospasm, could be secondary to cocaine induced 7 Takotsubo cardiomyopathy Assessment & Plan: Patient was admitted to the hospital for chest pain with increased

Our case illustrates that TCM mimicks AMI. Although causality cannot be concluded if there is association. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy represents an estimated 1% to 2% of patients who present with an AMI, but low estimate may be because of under recognition. Advanced age and female are the most common known risk factors for developing TCM. The pathophysiology of TCM is unknown but it is believed to be caused by elevated cathecolamines secondary to acute somatic and emotional stressors.(6,7) Other associated

stress her out," she replies. "No one that we know of has died," she adds. "Why do you ask such questions?" "When she came in via ambulance, they declared a massive heart attack. But when test were conducted, we found an apical ballooning or cardiomyopathy stress syndrome. Another word for this is a 'broken heart syndrome.' This typically happens to those under extreme stress. Patients bodies shuts down, mimicking a massive heart attack." "We have placed her in a medical induced coma since her

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Stress Induced Cardiomyopathy - Takotsubo Disease Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy has earned many names since being described in 1990. Takotsubo, a Japanese term for an octopus’s trap, describes the systolic apical ballooning of the left ventricle in the most common form of the disease. Broken-heart syndrome alludes to the common strong emotional trigger which seems to initiate the disorder. The patient, typically an elderly or post-menopausal woman, presents with symptoms typical of an acute myocardial

Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Canines & Humans BIOL-312 Term Paper Mycah Baker   History Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in both humans and canines. Cardiomyopathy is a disease in which the heart muscles become enlarged, inflexible, and dense. Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a specific type of Cardiomyopathy in which only the muscles in the ventricles of the heart become enlarged and weakened. DCM normally begins in the left ventricle, but it can spread to the right