PPT-Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Blake Wachter Spring 2009 蛸壺 Case Presentation 57 year old women presenting to the ED with complaint of 2 hours of crushing pressurelike chest pain non radiating She says she feels short of breath and diaphoretic but denies nausea and vomiting She does not have a family or personal history of heart disease She denies a life long history of smoking Her past medical history is significant for obesity DM II OA She takes . This means it cant pump blood as fast as it should If your heart muscle becomes too weak you may develop heart failure a serious condition that needs special treatment ost people are only mildly affected by cardiomyopathy and can lead relatively n Gender differences and similarities. Lynette W. . Lissin. , MD FACC. Palo Alto Medical Foundation. April 21, 2012. Goals. Epidemiology and types of heart failure. Differences in incidence, clinical characteristics, prognosis in women vs. men. heartache peripartum . cardiomyopathy . د. حسين محمد جمعة . اختصاصي الامراض الباطنة . البورد العربي . كلية طب الموصل . 2010. 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 and/or 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 failure-related disability.”. versus ST-segment elevation MI. —A case series. Ashwini Davison. Justin Dunn. Jason Mock. Deepa Rangachari. May 13, 2009. Types of Trials. Controlled Study. - Randomize Control Trial (RCT) – type of scientific experiment most commonly used in testing the efficacy or effectiveness of healthcare services or technologies.. | CARDIOLOGY www.nature.com/nrcardio Nature Reviews Cardiology published online 25 March 2014; doi:10.1038/nr cardio.2013.219-c1 CORRESPONDENCE In a very thoughtful News and Views article (Mayosi, The . changes to . the heart . affect the size and shape of . the heart . and can also affect the way the electrical system makes . the heart . beat.. Although inherited cardiomyopathy cannot be cured, in most cases living with it . Department of internal medicine 1. with course of cardio-vascular pathology. disease of the heart muscle in which the heart loses its ability to. pump blood effectively. the heart muscle becomes . urs valvular causes are unlikely. Infectious, autoimmune and familial etiologies are less likely in the absence of any other 100 beats per minute) is the rule. Exceptions include patients with bradyc Page 1 Rev 2 .0 Patient Information Non - Ischemic Cardiomyopathy 395 respiratory or cardiac failure. Among them, cardiovascular involvement is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. There are relatively few cases reporting cardiac pISSN 2384-1095eISSN 2384-11 1 Familial dilated cardiomyopathy Description Familial dilated cardiomyopathy is a genetic form of heart disease. It occurs when heart ( cardiac) muscle becomes thin and weakened in at least one chamb TM, 54, WAS ADMITTED to the ED after a syncopal episode that resulted in a head injury. Based on an ECG and echocardiogram find-ings, she was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). After he Case report Clin Ter 2011; 162 (1):41-44: Prof.ssa Chiara Danese. Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico 165, 00161 Roma, Italia. Tel.: +39.06.4997.8386; Fax: +39.06.4997.0524. E-mail: chiara.da