Cardiomyopathy*
Cardiomyopathy*: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Dilated
Congenital
Familial
Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
Myotonic dystrophy
Refsum disease
Friedreich's ataxia
Acquired
Idiopathic
Inflammatory
Infective myocarditis (eg. Chagas' disease,
Coxsackie virus)
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Noninfective
Collagen diseases
Giant cell myocarditis
Kawasaki disease
Metabolic
Hypoxia
Nutritional
Thiamine deficiency
Kwashiorkor
Pellagra
Scurvy
Hypervitaminosis D
Obesity
Selenium deficiency
Carnitine deficiency
Endocrine
Acromegaly
Thyrotoxicosis
Myxedema
Uremia
Cushing's disease
Pheochromocytoma
Diabetes
Hypophosphatemia
Hypocalcemia
Altered metabolism
Gout
Porphyria
Oxalosis
Electrolyte imbalance
Toxins, drugs
Alcohol
Disopyramide
Daunorubicin
Doxorubicin (Adriamycin)
Cyclophosphamide
Cocaine
Bleomycin
5-Fluorouracil
Phosphate (poisoning)
Phenothiazines and antidepressants
Lithium
Carbon monoxide
Emetine
Chloroquine
Acetaminophen, paracetamol
Lead
Arsenic
Hydrocarbons
Antimony
Cobalt
Snake or insect bites
Infiltrative
Right ventricular dysplasia
Collagen vascular disease
Amyloidosis
Hemochromatosis
Neoplastic
Sarcoidosis
Whipple's disease
Hematologic
Leukemia
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Sickle cell anemia
Polycythemia vera
Hypersensitivity
Methyldopa
Penicillin
Sulfonamides
Tetracycline
Phenindione
Giant cell myocarditis
Cardiac transplant rejection
Peripartum
Vasculitis
Physical agents
Irradiation
Trauma
Heatstroke
Hypothermia
Chronic tachycardia
Restrictive
Pseudocardiomyopathy (i.e., constrictive pericarditis)
Amyloidosis
Idiopathic (familial and nonfamilial)
Hemochromatosis
Sarcoidosis
Scleroderma
Diabetic
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Neoplasm
Endocardial fibroelastosis
Fatty infiltration
Drugs
Serotonin
Ergotamine
Busulfan
Methysergide
Mercurials
Löffler's endocarditis (hypereosinophilic syndrome)
Endomyocardial fibrosis
Carcinoid heart disease
Whipple's disease
Fabry's disease
Glycogen storage disease
Gaucher's disease
Hurler's disease
Sphingolipidosis
Hypertrophic
Idiopathic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Idiopathic nonobstructive cardiomyopathy
Glycogen storage disease (Pompe's disease)
Friedreich's ataxia
Lentiginosis
References
1. Wynne J, Braunwald E: The Cardiomyopathies and Myocarditides, p. 1404. See Bibliography, 1.
2. Dec GW, Fuster V: Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med 331:1564–1575, 1994.
3. Kushwaha SS, Fallon JT, Fuster V: Restrictive Cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med 336:267–276, 1997.
*The distinction between cardiomyopathy by functional impairment is not absolute and overlap occurs frequently.
Book Source Details
- Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
- Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
- Year of Publication: 1999
- Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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