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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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  1. Cardiomyopathy (National Library of Medicine)  
    Cardiomyopathy is the name for diseases of the heart muscle. These diseases enlarge your heart muscle or ... tissue. Some people live long, healthy lives with cardiomyopathy. Some people don't even realize they have ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/cardiomyopathy.html - Health Topics
  2. Familial dilated cardiomyopathy 
    Familial dilated cardiomyopathy is a genetic form of heart disease. It occurs when heart (cardiac) muscle becomes thin and weakened in at least one chamber of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../familial-dilated-cardiomyopathy - Genetics
  3. Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 
    Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a heart condition characterized by thickening (hypertrophy) of the heart (cardiac) muscle. When multiple members of a family have the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../familial-hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy - Genetics
  4. X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy 
    X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy is a form of heart disease. Dilated cardiomyopathy enlarges and weakens the heart (cardiac) muscle, preventing the heart ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../x-linked-dilated-cardiomyopathy - Genetics
  5. Dilated cardiomyopathy 
    Cardiomyopathy is disease in which the heart muscle becomes weakened, stretched, or has another structural problem. Dilated cardiomyopathy is a condition in which the heart muscle ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000168.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy 
    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 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...hmogenic-right-ventricular-cardiomyopathy - Genetics
  7. Familial restrictive cardiomyopathy 
    Familial restrictive cardiomyopathy is a genetic form of heart disease. For the heart to beat normally, the heart (cardiac) muscle must ... heart (the ventricles).In people with familial restrictive cardiomyopathy, the heart muscle is stiff and cannot fully ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../familial-restrictive-cardiomyopathy - Genetics
  8. Early-onset myopathy with fatal cardiomyopathy 
    Early-onset myopathy with fatal cardiomyopathy (EOMFC) is an inherited muscle disease that affects the skeletal muscles, which are used for movement, and the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...-onset-myopathy-with-fatal-cardiomyopathy - Genetics
  9. Dilated cardiomyopathy with ataxia syndrome 
    Dilated cardiomyopathy with ataxia (DCMA) syndrome is an inherited condition characterized by heart problems, movement difficulties, and other features affecting ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...lated-cardiomyopathy-with-ataxia-syndrome - Genetics
  10. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 
    Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a condition in which the heart muscle becomes thick. Sometimes, only one part of the ... Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is most often passed down through families (inherited). It is thought to result from defects in the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000192.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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