{"product_id":"2940152363579","title":"Cardiomyopathy, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions","description":"\u003cp\u003eChapter 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCardiomyopathy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy mother had cardiomyopathy; so did her mother and brother both of whom died from heart failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy brother also had aortic regurgitation which had been treated but still has heart failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I was 12 and down with mumps, I remembered my mother resting at home supposedly suffering from a mild heart attack after a strenuous period of school work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe doctors all thought that she had ischemic heart disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I was a medical student, I decided to have an ECG done on myself and found that I had mild right bundle branch block which was thought to be congenital and not serious at that time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedical students always have the tendency to think that they have the same disease that they read about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow it is believed to cause heart failure with passing of age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1982, I had to fly to London because the doctors there were first giving medicines to slow down her heart and later to speed up her heart. She could barely recognize me at the hospital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI signed for her hospital discharge and brought her back to see a Singapore heart specialist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was then that we discovered that she had cardiomyopathy, an enlarged heart which can cause heart failure but not coronary heart disease in her case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy mother did have frequent heart failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever she did not like to take medicine including blood thinners and diuretics for her heart failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the end she fell into a coma one night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI quickly got up in the middle of the night to bring her to hospital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe apparently had thrown out a blood clot from her heart to her brain which caused her to have a stroke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe did not recover from her stroke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCardiomyopathy is the medical disease of the thickened or dilated heart muscle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese enlarged heart conditions have many causes, signs and symptoms, and treatments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe heart muscle is enlarged, thick or rigid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScar tissue can replace the thickened muscle tissue in the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe heart becomes weaker as the cardiomyopathy becomes worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe heart is less capable to push blood through the body and maintain a normal electrical rhythm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis condition will result in heart failure or irregular heartbeats called arrhythmias.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe heart failure will result in the fluid to retain in the lungs, ankles, feet, legs, or abdomen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther complications, such as heart valve problems, can be caused by the weakening of the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe main types of cardiomyopathy are:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Dilated cardiomyopathy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Restrictive cardiomyopathy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther types of cardiomyopathy sometimes are referred to as \"unclassified cardiomyopathy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCardiomyopathy which is induced by stress, also called broken heart syndrome, is another type of cardiomyopathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Causes Cardiomyopathy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCardiomyopathy can be familial or acquired.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Acquired means you develop it as a result of another disorder, condition or factor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Inherited means the parents passed the gene for the disease on to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvestigators look for the genetic associations to cardiomyopathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey want to know how these links can cause or contribute to the different forms of the disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cause of cardiomyopathy is idiopathic or not known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis form of disease often occurs in children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCardiomyopathy involve people of all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCertain forms of cardiomyopathy are more likely to occur in people in certain age groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Dilated cardiomyopathy is more common in African-Americans than in whites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis form of cardiomyopathy also is more common in men than in women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Teens and young adults are more likely than older people to have arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, although it is rare in both groups.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kenneth Kee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113266626800,"sku":"2940152363579","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152363579_p0.jpg?v=1764019149","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152363579","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}