Difference between revisions of "Cardiomyopathy"

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*Considered to be a variant of HCM.
*Considered to be a variant of HCM.
*Historically known as ''idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis'' (IHSS).
*Historically known as ''idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis'' (IHSS).
==Restrictive cardiomyopathy==
*Uncommon form of cardiomyopathy.
===Etiology===
Multiple causes - an incomplete list:<ref name=Ref_HoFP44-5>{{Ref HoFP|44-5}}</ref>
*[[Hemochromatosis]].
*[[Amyloidosis]].
*[[Sarcoidosis]].
*Storage diseases (Pompe disease).
*Eosinophilic endocarditis (Loeffler Endocarditis).


==Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy==  
==Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy==  
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**Thus, endomyocardial biopsy is ''not'' reliable.
**Thus, endomyocardial biopsy is ''not'' reliable.
*+/-Aneurysms/dilation.
*+/-Aneurysms/dilation.


==Noncompaction cardiomyopathy==
==Noncompaction cardiomyopathy==
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