Specific treatment for takotsubo cardiomyopathy has not yet been standardized. Initial treatment in an emergency department should follow protocol for an acute coronary syndrome. After a complete ...

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Cardiomyopathy weakens, enlarges, or stiffens the heart muscle. Heart failure is when the heart is unable to pump enough blood around the body, resulting in symptoms. Cardiomyopathy is one of the ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an underdiagnosed genetic disorder, resulting from mutations in sarcomeric proteins. It has a highly variable clinical presentation, with some individuals remaining ...

DCM. This type of cardiomyopathy presents with dyspnea, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, ankle edema, and weight gain. A viral prodrome with malaise, flulike illness, or chest pain from ...

Cardiomyopathy can be a diverse diagnosis. There are many different types -- some inherited, others due to injury to the heart, treatment side effects, pregnancy, and a range of other causes. The ...

The number of patients diagnosed with cardiomyopathy has increased substantially over the past two decades. This is the finding of a new study from Uppsala University that mapped all cases of ...

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) successfully developed and validated a new outcome measure to monitor disease severity and progression in patients with impaired skeletal ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is often seen in patients as an autosomal dominant genetic heart disease with a variable clinical course. It is characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy, and ...

Objective Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a heterogenous group of conditions with substantial morbidity but ...

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