Congestive cardiomyopathy in children

Mitral regurgitation in congestive cardiomyopathy.

Hereditary dysrhythmic congestive cardiomyopathy.

A patient with hereditary congestive cardiomyopathy, who presented with recurrent episodes of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias most often precipitated by exercise, is described. The condition is marked by either a progressive course, in which case congestive cardiac failure may set in towards the end, or by unexpected sudden death. The family tree could be traced for 10 generations. The...

Mildly dilated congestive cardiomyopathy.

Five patients with only mildly dilated ventricles but other features typical of congestive cardiomyopathy underwent cardiac transplantation for class IV NYHA heart failure. The findings of clinical studies, cardiac catheterization, endomyocardial biopsy, and pathologic examination of the removed hearts in this group with mildly dilated congestive cardiomyopathy (MDCM) were compared with similar...

Dilated Congestive Cardiomyopathy

Compared with other cardiovascular diseases, heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy) is relatively rare. In its most common form, the disease accounts for only 50,000 new cases in the United States each year, while the annual number of stroke cases, for example, reaches 500,000. Unlike many other cardiovascular disorders that tend to affect the elderly, cardiomyopathy commonly occurs in the young...

Treatment of congestive cardiomyopathy.

Although the majority of patients with cardiomyopathy are in the category of primary or idiopathic cardiomyopathy, for which therapy is symptomatic and non-specific, there are a number of secondary forms of cardiomyopathy for which specific therapy is available, thus giving impetus to prompt and accurate diagnosis. Among inflammatory lesions, brucellosis, psittacosis and toxoplasmosis are examp...