What is secondary cardiomyopathy?
What is secondary cardiomyopathy?
Secondary cardiomyopathy describes conditions in which cardiac involvement occurs as part of a systemic condition. This classification system is imperfect, and there is often overlap.1.
What can cause secondary cardiomyopathy?
What Causes Secondary Cardiomyopathy?
- Infiltrative. amyloidosis. Gaucher disease.
- Storage. hemochromatosis. Fabry disease.
- Toxicity. drugs/ Alcohol. heavy metals.
- Inflammatory. sarcoidosis.
- Endocrine. diabetes mellitus. thyroid problems.
- Cardiofacial. Noonan syndrome.
- Neuromuscular/neurological.
- Nutritional deficiencies. kwashiorkor.
Which classification is considered a category of cardiomyopathies?
According to Elliott et al (2008), the main types of cardiomyopathies are: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM); Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM); Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM);
What is the difference between primary and secondary cardiomyopathy?
Primary cardiomyopathies consist of disorders namely or predominantly confined to the heart muscle, which have genetic, nongenetic, or acquired causes. Secondary cardiomyopathies are disorders that have myocardial damage as a result of systemic or multi-organ disease[1].
What is the difference between hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and cardiomyopathy?
Dilated cardiomyopathy: Your heart’s blood-pumping chambers enlarge (dilate). Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Your heart muscle thickens. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD): Disease in your heart muscle causes irregular heart rhythms.
What is the life expectancy of cardiomyopathy?
Life Expectancy and Survival Rates. 5-year survival rate for Dilated cardiomyopathy: about 50 percent of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy live 5 years once heart failure is diagnosed; about 25 percent live 10 years after such a diagnosis.
How serious is cardiomyopathy?
Cardiomyopathy is a serious problem with the heart muscle that makes it hard for it to pump and send blood to the body.
How bad is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Some people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may not have symptoms and will have normal lifespan. Others may get worse slowly or quickly. In some cases, the condition may develop into dilated cardiomyopathy. People with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are at higher risk for sudden death than people without the condition.
What is the prognosis of dilated cardiomyopathy?
Associated conduction defects are often present, and there is also a risk of sudden cardiac death from ventricular arrhythmia. Prognosis is related to the severity of disease at initial presentation. Five-year survival for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy is about 30%.
