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 . A diagram and echocardiogram comparing a normal heart and a heart with DCM are shown in 57375gure 1a and 57375gure 1b This condition is the most common form of cardiomyopathy and accounts for approximately 5560 of all childhood cardiomyopathies Acco 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. Heart Disease. Cardiomyopathy. and . Aneursyms. by Laurie Dickson. Valvular Heart Disease. Heart contains. Two atrioventricular valves . Mitral . Tricuspid. Two semilunar valves. Aortic. Pulmonic . 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 . Definition: . Brief loss of consciousness and loss of postural tone . Common: seen in up to 15% of adolescents . Majority are neural mediated . Cardiogenic causes <1.5%. Management. : Careful history including family history . Nonischemic. /Familial dilated cardiomyopathy. Myocardial ischemia. Valvular disease. Peripartum. cardiomyopathy. Toxin. Non-dilated. Myocarditis. Myocardial ischemia. Valvular disease. Infiltrative cardiomyopathy. DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION. C. ardiomyopathies . are defined as “disorders characterized by morphologically and functionally abnormal myocardium in the absence of any other disease that is sufficient, by itself, to cause the observed phenotype.”. Page 1 Rev 2 .0 Patient Information Non - Ischemic Cardiomyopathy 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 ProfessorGovernmentexpress SL.NO TITLE PAGE.NO 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 4 3. REVIEW OF LITERATURE 5 4. MATERIALS AND METHODS 41 5. OBSERVATION AND RESULTS 45 6. DISCUSSION 61 7. 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 Outline :. Definition . Epidemiology . Classification . Genetics & . Etiology. of RCM. Clinical characteristics. Diagnostic evaluation . Management. definition. Disease of heart muscle with restrictive physiology . , MD, MHA. Consultant Heart Failure & Transplantation. Heart failure is an enormous medical and societal burden . More than 2% of the U.S. population, or almost 5 million people, are affected,. It consumes approximately 2% of the National Health Service budget in the United Kingdom, and in the United States, .