Diseases of Heart Muscle

Disease of Heart Muscle

Dilated Cardiomyopathy:

-most common type.

-dysnfunction of left ventricular contractility

-caused by CAD (causing ischemia), MI, infection, alcohol; tons of other causes.

-get Right and Left sided heart failure

-S3 and S4; tricuspid and mitral insufficiency.

Hyptertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

Myocarditis