It has been demonstrated that there is an association between serum lipoproteins and survival rate in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, as well as in patients with non-ischemic causes of heart failure. We tested the hypothesis of an association between serum lipoprotein levels and prognosis in a cohort of outpatients with heart failure, including Chagas' heart disease. The lipid profile of...

We present a case of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TC) which is non ischemic cardiomyopathy. It stress related and also known as broken heart syndrome. The patient presented to our emergency department with symptoms chest pain breathlessness. was diagnosed acute coronary syndrome various tests including ECG, Screening ECHO, Coronary CT Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) were done before arriving at t...

Cardiomyopathy represents a diverse group of heart muscle disorders, which are further classified on the basis of their anatomic and hemodynamic findings. Hearts with increased antioxidant capacity have been reported to be more resistant to in vivo and in vitro oxidative stress. On the other hand, cardiomyopathy with heart failure is accompanied by increased free radicals and lipid peroxidation...

transient ischemic left ventricular dilation (tid) is a marker of severe and extensive coronary artery disease as well as an increased risk of adverse outcomes. the patients with more severe and extensive ischemia, multivessel-type of perfusion abnormality as well as patients with left anterior descending artery (lad) territory perfusion abnormality have more probability of having tid. evaluati...

BACKGROUND The present investigation was designed to obtain an absolute measurement of myocardial blood flow and of its transmural distribution in ischemic heart disease and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and to provide a reference standard for cardiac imaging in nuclear cardiology. METHODS AND RESULTS Regional myocardial blood flow and its transmural distribution were estimated by the ref...

Introduction Primary or idiopathic cardiomyopathy is a term used for a variety of conditions affecting the heart of both animals and man with no clearly identified cause. Although the term secondary cardiomyopathy has been used with specific causative factors such as ischemic cardiomyopathy, drug induced cardiomyopathy, toxic cardiomyopathy or infectious agent induced cardiomyopathy, recent cla...

Ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) is a term used to denote MR (mitral regurgitation) that occurs secondary to ischemic heart disease. Although transient ischemia can provoke IMR that is reversible with relief of ischemia, the most common form of IMR in clinical practice is associated with chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy. In such patients, global or regional left ventricular (LV) remodeling le...

Among dialysis patients, only 23% have a normal echocardiogram, about 10% have recurrent or chronic congestive heart failure, and 17% have asymptomatic ischemic heart disease. The predisposing factors for congestive heart failure are dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic hyperkinetic disease, and ischemic heart disease. Dilated cardiomyopathy, a disorder of systolic function, includes among its ...