Cardiomyopathy can be a diverse diagnosis. There are many different types -- some inherited, others due to injury to the heart, treatment side effects, pregnancy, and a range of other causes. The ...

An international team, led by scientists from the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, has studied around 3,000 people affected by the heart disease dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)—a driver of heart ...

Two new studies outline the causes of dilated cardiomyopathy, an autoimmune reaction that slowly destroys the heart (pages 1477–1483 and 1484–1490). You have full ...

Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) is defined by the presence of left ventricular dilatation and systolic dysfunction in the absence of an underlying cause, such as hypertension, valve disease or ...

Peripartum cardiomyopathy shares some clinical features with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, a disorder caused by mutations in more than 40 genes, including TTN, which encodes the sarcomere protein ...

A Spanish study shows that patients with genetic dilated cardiomyopathy who experience severe arrhythmias are at an elevated risk of developing advanced heart failure and requiring a heart transplant.

Dilated cardiomyopathy is an uncommon complication of hypothyroidism. Clinicians should consider dilated cardiomyopathy in patients with generalized pitting edema. Cardiac dysfunction in patients with ...

Inherited cardiomyopathies are a major cause of heart disease in all age groups, often with an onset in adolescence or early adult life. Not only the patients but also their families can be severely ...

Numerous heart conditions are on rise in modern times due to a mix of genetic, lifestyle and environmental factors. A heart condition that has come into focus after fashion designer Rohit Bal was ...

Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscles which may cause them to become enlarged and inflamed. Inflamed muscles become stretched, weak, less efficient at pumping blood and less able to ...

Heartseed (Heartseed Inc.), a Tokyo-based biotechnology company, today announced the successful dosing of the first patient ...