What is Dilated cardiomyopathy?
What is Dilated cardiomyopathy?
- Dilated cardiomyopathy: A rare chronic heart muscle condition where one or both heart ventricles are dilated or have impaired contractility.
- Dilated cardiomyopathy: Heart muscle disease that
leads to enlargement of the heart's chambers, robbing the heart of its pumping
ability.
(Source: excerpt from NHLBI, Cardiomyopathy: NHLBI)
- Dilated cardiomyopathy: A form of CARDIAC MUSCLE disease that is characterized by ventricular dilation, contractile dysfunction of the left or both HEART VENTRICLES, and congestive heart failure (HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE) symptoms. Risk factors include ETHANOL and TOBACCO abuse, PREGNANCY; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; and mutations in the LMNA gene encoding LAMIN TYPE A, a NUCLEAR LAMINA protein.
Source - Diseases Database
Dilated cardiomyopathy: Introduction
Types of Dilated cardiomyopathy:
Broader types of Dilated cardiomyopathy:
How serious is Dilated cardiomyopathy?
Prognosis of Dilated cardiomyopathy: Typically poor because usually diagnosed late. 5-year survival 50%. 10-year survival 25%.
Complications of Dilated cardiomyopathy:
see complications of Dilated cardiomyopathy
Prognosis of Dilated cardiomyopathy: Unfortunately, by the time it is diagnosed, the disease often has reached an
advanced stage and heart
failure has occurred. Consequently, about 50 percent of patients with
dilated cardiomyopathy live 5 years once heart failure is diagnosed; about 25
percent live 10 years after such a diagnosis.
(Source: excerpt from NHLBI, Cardiomyopathy: NHLBI)
5-year survival rate for Dilated cardiomyopathy: about 50 percent of patients with
dilated cardiomyopathy live 5 years once heart failure is diagnosed; about 25
percent live 10 years after such a diagnosis. (Source: excerpt from NHLBI, Cardiomyopathy: NHLBI)
10-year survival rate for Dilated cardiomyopathy: about 25
percent live 10 years after such a diagnosis.
(Source: excerpt from NHLBI, Cardiomyopathy: NHLBI)
What causes Dilated cardiomyopathy?
Causes of Dilated cardiomyopathy: see causes of Dilated cardiomyopathy
Causes of Dilated cardiomyopathy: In most cases, the disease is idiopathic --a
specific cause for the damage is never identified. (Source: excerpt from NHLBI, Cardiomyopathy: NHLBI)
What are the symptoms of Dilated cardiomyopathy?
Symptoms of Dilated cardiomyopathy:
see symptoms of Dilated cardiomyopathy
Complications of Dilated cardiomyopathy:
see complications of Dilated cardiomyopathy
Can anyone else get Dilated cardiomyopathy?
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Dilated cardiomyopathy
Dilated cardiomyopathy: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Dilated cardiomyopathy.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Dilated cardiomyopathy.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Dilated cardiomyopathy:
see treatments for Dilated cardiomyopathy
Prevention of Dilated cardiomyopathy:
see prevention of Dilated cardiomyopathy
Research for Dilated cardiomyopathy:
see research for Dilated cardiomyopathy
Organs Affected by Dilated cardiomyopathy:
Organs and body systems related to Dilated cardiomyopathy include:
Name and Aliases of Dilated cardiomyopathy
Main name of condition: Dilated cardiomyopathy
Other names or spellings for Dilated cardiomyopathy:
congestive cardiomyopathy, DCM, Autosomal dominant DCM
Congestive cardiomyopathy
Source - Diseases Database
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