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Cardiomyopathy

Cardiomyopathy is the name for diseases of the heart muscle. These diseases enlarge your heart muscle or make it thicker and more rigid than normal. In rare cases, scar tissue replaces the muscle tissue.

Some people live long, healthy lives with cardiomyopathy. Some people don't even realize they have it. In others, however, it can make the heart less able to pump blood through the body. This can cause serious complications, including:

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Results 1 - 10 of 21 for Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
  1. Cardiomyopathy (National Library of Medicine)  
    Cardiomyopathy is the name for diseases of the heart muscle. These diseases enlarge your heart muscle or make it thicker and more rigid than normal. In rare cases, ...
  2. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a form of heart disease that usually appears in adulthood. ARVC is a disorder of the myocardium, which is the ...
  3. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) (American Academy of Family Physicians)  
    Arrhythmia/Specifics ... Arrhythmia ... Cardiomyopathy/Specifics ... Cardiomyopathy ... Congenital Heart Defects/Specifics ... Congenital Heart Defects ... American Academy of Family ...
  4. ... potentially life-threatening form of heart disease called arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC).The known mutation, which is written as ...
  5. ... PKP2 gene have been identified in people with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). This condition most commonly affects the myocardium ...
  6. ... skin, and hair. MedlinePlus Genetics provides information about Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy More About This Health Condition Several mutations in ...
  7. ... woolly hair, and a form of cardiomyopathy called arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). Type II, also known as Carvajal syndrome, ... WJ. Identification of a deletion in plakoglobin in arrhythmogenic right ventricular ... with palmoplantar keratoderma and woolly hair (Naxos disease). ...
  8. ... This Health Condition MedlinePlus Genetics provides information about Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy More About This Health Condition MedlinePlus Genetics provides ...
  9. ... been found to cause a heart condition called arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). This condition causes part of the heart ... cardiac ryanodine receptor gene in families affected with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy type 2 (ARVD2). Hum Mol Genet. 2001 Feb ...
  10. Cardiomyopathy (Texas Heart Institute)  
    Cardiomyopathy/Start Here ... Cardiomyopathy ... Texas Heart Institute ... Cardiomyopathy means "disease of the heart muscle." Damages the heart muscle can be attributed ...
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