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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Left ventricular “true” hypertrophy is frequently encountered at autopsy in deaths related to cardiovascular diseases with pressure and/or volume...
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Peri-Partum Cardiomyopathy
Peri-partum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)Peri-partum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare but potentially fatal condition. It is defined as the development of...
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Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy: Pathogenic Aspects
In susceptible individuals, chronic ethanol consumption may cause progressive myocardial damage leading to alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM). This...
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Dilatative fetal cardiomyopathy followed by a mirror syndrome
Mirror syndrome (Ballantyne syndrome) is a rare condition characterized by maternal edema, which often affects the lungs. It mirrors the image of...
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Stress Echocardiography in Dilated Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy
Echocardiography is a key technique in dilated nonischemic cardiomyopathy since serial examinations are needed in these patients from the...
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Non-ischaemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a common clinical condition characterized by left ventricular dilation and dysfunction in the absence of ischaemic...
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Purpose of ReviewHypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common inherited cardiac condition with potential for severe complications including sudden...
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A Case of Successful Management of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy is a rare type of cardiomyopathy that occurs during late pregnancy or in early postpartum period and is a life threatening...
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Cardiac MR Imaging in Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) causes impaired diastolic relaxation of the right, left, or both ventricles; however the systolic function is...
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NASCI case of the month: desmoplakin cardiomyopathy masquerading as acute myocarditis
We present a case of a young patient with chest pain. Labs and cardiac imaging were suspicious for acute myocarditis. Genetic testing revealed a...
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Cardiac MR Imaging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is defined as abnormal left ventricular myocardial thickening without associated chamber dilatation, and in the absence...
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Recessive TMOD1 mutation causes childhood cardiomyopathy
Familial cardiomyopathy in pediatric stages is a poorly understood presentation of heart disease in children that is attributed to pathogenic...
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Valvular heart disease and cardiomyopathy: reappraisal of their interplay
Cardiomyopathies and valvular heart diseases are typically considered distinct diagnostic categories with dedicated guidelines for their management....
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Pheochromocytoma-Induced Cardiomyopathy
Hypertension in pregnancy can be gestational or can occur in conjunction with toxemias of pregnancy, viz. preeclampsia and eclampsia or may be a...
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Genes associated with depression and coronary artery disease are enriched for cardiomyopathy and inflammatory phenotypes
Depression and coronary artery disease (CAD) are highly comorbid conditions. Approximately 40% of individuals who have one diagnosis will also...
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Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (AC) is still a major cause of sudden death in the young and athletes in autopsy series. Competitive sport activity...
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Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: pathophysiology, diagnosis and management
Since the first description of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ApHCM) in 1976, contrasting information from all over the world has emerged...
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The CREG1-FBXO27-LAMP2 axis alleviates diabetic cardiomyopathy by promoting autophagy in cardiomyocytes
Autophagy plays an important role in the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy. Cellular repressor of E1A-stimulated genes 1 (CREG1) is an important...
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy mimicking an apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
A 45-years old woman presented for dyspnea and cardiac chest pain. ECG showed deep T-wave inversion while CMR showed normal ejection fraction,...
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Different expression and prognostic value of troponin in ischemic cardiomyopathy and non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy
BackgroundEarly risk stratification of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) and non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM) may be beneficial...
