Cardiomyopathy, Dilated: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Cardiomyopathy, Dilated: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Overview: Cardiomyopathies are an important and heterogeneous group of diseases. The concept of heart muscle disease has a notable and evolving history. In the mid 1850s, chronic myocarditis was the only recognized cause of heart muscle disease. ...

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Tags: Heart Disease, Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Myocarditis, Emergency, Muscle, Disease and Condition, Emergency Medicine

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Outcome of dilated cardiomyopathy: Mortality/morbidity: http://bit.ly/dh8Tlw

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Myocarditis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Myocarditis is clinical syndrome characterized by inflammation of myocytes resulting from infectious, toxic, and autoimmune etiologies. Ongoing viral infection, myocardial destruction, and adverse remodeling can lead to persistent ventricular dysfunction and dilated cardiomyopathy.Myocarditis is an elusive ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Myocarditis is defined as inflammatory changes in the heart muscle. Learn more about myocarditis. http://bit.ly/aAWpu5

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Cardiomyopathy, Takotsubo: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is a transient cardiac syndrome that involves left ventricular apical akinesis and mimics acute coronary syndrome (ACS). It was first described in Japan in 1990 by Sato et al. Patients often present with ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Cardiomyopathy is a weakening of the heart muscle or a change in muscle structure. Learn more. http://bit.ly/9ZnB8C

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Aneurysm, Thoracic: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is a life-threatening condition that causes significant short- and long-term mortality due to rupture and dissection. Aneurysm is defined as dilatation of the aorta of greater than 150% of its normal diameter ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Thoracic aortic aneurysm is a life-threatening condition that causes significant short- and long-term mortality. http://bit.ly/9NijR1

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Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Restrictive cardiomyopathy is the least common of the 3 clinically recognized and described cardiomyopathies. Its principal abnormality is diastolic dysfunction, specifically restricted ventricular filling. Differentiation from constrictive pericarditis, a clinically similar entity, is difficult but important ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Restrictive cardiomyopathy is the least common of the 3 clinically recognized and described cardiomyopathies. http://bit.ly/8Yg5FQ

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Cardiomyopathy, Dilated: eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Cardiomyopathy is a complex disease process that can affect the heart of a person of any age. It is a common problem throughout the world and is the most common diagnosis in persons receiving supplemental medical ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Dilated cardiomyopathy is associated with both systolic and diastolic dysfunction. Learn more about the condition. http://bit.ly/bAUyub

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Cardiomyopathy, Peripartum: eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a dilated cardiomyopathy of uncertain etiology that is defined as (1) development of cardiac failure in the last month of pregnancy or within 5 months after delivery, (2) absence of a demonstrable ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Peripartum cardiomyopathy is dilated cardiomyopathy that occurs at the end of pregnancy or after childbirth. Learn more.http://bit.ly/bLRevd

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Torsade de Pointes: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Torsade de pointes (TDP), often referred to as torsade, is an uncommon variant of ventricular tachycardia (VT). The underlying etiology and management of torsade are, in general, quite different from those of garden-variety VT. The management ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy causes a predisposition to torsade de pointes. Read about it here: http://bit.ly/alsYpz

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Holiday Heart Syndrome: eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Alcohol consumed in large quantities for many years has long been recognized to induce an alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Clinically identical to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, alcoholic cardiomyopathy is a major form of secondary dilated cardiomyopathy in the Western ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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