{"id":6770,"date":"2021-09-14T19:45:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/pathology\/cardiac-pathology\/cardiomyopathy-and-myocarditis\/"},"modified":"2021-09-14T19:47:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:47:26","slug":"cardiomyopathy-and-myocarditis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/pathology\/cardiac-pathology\/cardiomyopathy-and-myocarditis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiomyopathy and myocarditis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The diseases and inflammatory conditions of the heart muscle.<\/p>\n\n\n<span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_1\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Myocarditis<\/h3>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_1\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An inflammatory disorder that usually precedes the development of cardiomyopathy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Asymptomatic<\/li><li>Usually associated viral infections (Coxsackie A and B)<\/li><li>Can also be associated with parasites (trypanosoma), drug hypersensitivity (giant cells), and the effect of certain drugs (chemotherapy, cocaine)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/span><span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_2\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Cardiomyopathy<\/h3>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_2\">\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dilated cardiomyopathy<\/li><li>Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy<\/li><li>Restrictive cardiomyopathy<\/li><li>Arrythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/span><span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_3\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title2\">Dilated cardiomyopathy<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_3\">\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dilation of cardiac chambers<\/li><li>Most common<\/li><li>Results in systolic dysfunction &#8212; Inability to efficiently contract &#8212; reduced EF<\/li><li>Etiology:<ul><li>Genetics<\/li><li>Myocarditis<\/li><li>Alcohol and drugs<\/li><li>Pregnancy<\/li><li>Iron overload<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Leads to:<ul><li>Stasis of blood -&gt; intramural thrombi<\/li><li>IHD<\/li><li>Valvular disease<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>A heart transplant is required<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/span><span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_4\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title2\">Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_4\">\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Thickening of the myocardium<ul><li>Different from ventricular hypertrophy and myocardial hardening<\/li><li>Asymmetric hypertrophy of the septal wall<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>In some cases, ventricular outflow obstruction<\/li><li>Concentric hypertrophy characterized by defective diastolic filling &#8212; the inability to relax &#8212; preserved EF<\/li><li>Caused due to a genetic defect in the contractile proteins &#8212; myofibril hypertrophy with disarray<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/span><span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_5\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title2\">Restrictive cardiomyopathy<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_5\">\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Decreased compliance of the myocardium<\/li><li>Impaired diastole (inability to fill)<\/li><li>Caused due to:<ul><li>Amyloidosis<\/li><li>Endomyocardial fibrosis<\/li><li>Loeffler endomyocarditis (fibrosis)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/span><div id=\"the_titles\" style=\"display:none;\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Myocarditis<\/h3><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cardiomyopathy<\/h3><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dilated cardiomyopathy<\/h4><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy<\/h4><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Restrictive cardiomyopathy<\/h4><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The diseases and inflammatory conditions of the heart muscle. Myocarditis An inflammatory disorder that usually precedes the development of cardiomyopathy. Asymptomatic Usually associated viral infections (Coxsackie A and B) Can also be associated with parasites (trypanosoma), drug hypersensitivity (giant cells), and the effect of certain drugs (chemotherapy, cocaine) Cardiomyopathy Dilated cardiomyopathy Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Restrictive cardiomyopathy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6764,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6770","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cardiomyopathy and myocarditis &#8211; Meddists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/pathology\/cardiac-pathology\/cardiomyopathy-and-myocarditis\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/pathology\\\/cardiac-pathology\\\/cardiomyopathy-and-myocarditis\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/pathology\\\/cardiac-pathology\\\/cardiomyopathy-and-myocarditis\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cardiomyopathy and myocarditis &#8211; 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