Pages tagged: cardiomyopathy

Stem cell-based inventions offer great hope to patients with debilitating illnesses and injuries. However, only a limited number of treatments...

The therapeutic potential of stem cells and cell therapy has captured the imagination of society and the medical community alike...

Thanks for the question. You have ectasia of coronary arteries and your heart function is normal. Please stop smoking and...

The proper advice can only be given after in depth evaluation. The patient needs to be seen and tested by...

Dear Hugh, Cardiomyopathies (CMP) can be divided into 2 types: Ischemic (due to coronary artery disease and hear attacks (myocardial...

Michelle, There are multiple causes for cardiomyopathy which is a term that cardiologists use to denote disease of the heart...

Also called “congestive cardiomyopathy,” dilated cardiomyopathy damages the muscle tissue that makes up the heart’s pumping chambers. If the chamber...

 What are inotropes? Inotropic agents, or inotropes, are medicines that change the force of your heart’s contractions. There are 2...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an inherited disease that directly affects the heart muscle. Because of several high-profile cases of young...

Restrictive cardiomyopathy is the least common form of cardiomyopathy. This condition gets its name from the way it restricts the...