Cardiomyopathies

the term cardiomyopathy literally heart muscle disease has been historically applied to any cardiac dysfunction resulting from a myocardial abnormality C ardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases of the myocardium associated with mechanical andor electrical dysfunction that usually but not invariably exhibit inappropriate ventricular hypertrophy or dilatation and are due to a variety of causes that frequently are genetic Cardiomyopathies either are confined to the heart or are part of generalized systemic disorders often leading to cardiovascular death or progressive heart failurerelated disability

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