Cardiomyopathy

Stress may affect behaviours and factors that increase heart disease risk including high blood pressure and cholesterol levels, leading to strokes in the heart. Cardiomyopathy: In cardiomyopathy, the heart muscle becomes enlarged, thick, or rigid. In rare cases, the muscle tissue in the heart is replaced with scar tissue. As cardiomyopathy worsens, the heart becomes weaker. It 's less able to pump blood through the body and maintain a normal electrical rhythm. This can lead to heart failure…

Introduction Tafazzin, encoded by the nuclear gene TAZ is primarily found in the inner mitochondrial membrane, where it plays an important role in cardiolipin (CL) remodeling (Xu et al. 2006). Tafazzin shares amino acid sequence homology to acyl transferases (Vreken et al. 2000). TAZ is located on chromosome Xq28 and comprises 11 exons and 2 alternative translation initiation sites (Johnston et al. 1997). Among four major transcripts: TAZ-FL (full-length), TAZ-Δ5 (lacking exon 5), TAZ- Δ7…

Dystrophin causes Muscular Dystrophy and associated dilated cardiomyopathy. (“DMD”, 2105) Associated dilated cardiomyopathy is when the heart does not have enough dystrophin. This then makes the heart work harder than it would have to and makes the muscles in the heart eventually die off. The disease it causes is Duchene and Becker Muscular…

Mr. P is a 76-year-old male who admitted for congestive heart failure (CHF), and cardiomyopathy. Mr. P is despondent and a poor historian regarding his health. The patient does not demonstrate any concern to improve his current acute health issues. The patient presents with 4+ pitting edema, moist crackles throughout lung fields, and labored breathing. Mr. P’s wife has stated that he does not adhere to any diet restrictions and cannot keep track of medications. Mrs. P is distressed over her…

patient is in renal failure and has ischemic cardiomyopathy. Therefore, the nurse caring for this patient should be cautious while administering fluid boluses and carefully should monitor central venous pressure, cardiac output, cardiac index, stroke volume variation, and all. The vasopressors are usually the next line of treatment for symptomatic hypotensive septic patients who fails to respond to fluids, but in this scenario patient has ischemic cardiomyopathy, therefore the nurse should…

More than 600,000 Americans die every year from some sort of heart disease. A few of the major heart problems amongst Americans include: Coronary heart disease, irregular heartbeat (arrhythmias), congenital heart defects, weak heart muscles (cardiomyopathy), and heart valve problems. Adding to the risk, heart disease is often referred to as a “silent killer” because many of these conditions have no symptoms, leading to never having a doctor look closely. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a…

Section A “Selective Connexin43 Inhibition Prevents Isoproterenol-Induced Arrhythmias and Lethality in Muscular Dystrophy Mice” is a research paper that was conducted by Dr. Fraidenraich and his colleagues. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe form of muscular dystrophy that is life threatening and associated with muscle degeneration. It affects many newborn males, meaning that it is caused by an X-linked mutation. This mutation leads to the absence of a very important protein called,…

therapy. The use of these various immunosuppressive medications was effective to treat symptoms of refractory EGPA and to minimize the development of relapses. If some defined prognostic risk factors (i.e., renal insufficiency, proteinuria >1gr/day, cardiomyopathy, central nervous system or gastrointestinal involvement) exist, the disease might be considered severe and should be treated more intensively with additional immunosuppressive therapy (16). Gendelman et al. review reported…

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Do you know what duchenne muscular dystrophy is? It obviously has something to do with your muscles it causes you to have muscle weakness which can lead you to have loss of mobility. This disease is most effective for males. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a mutation, flaw or gene. It interferes with protein production that is needed to maintain and to form a healthy muscle. Duchenne muscular dystrophy symptoms are diagnosed according to where it is found in the body.…

a 61-year old women that went to the E.R. with severe chest pain reported multiple recent stressors, including the death of her heart, report in the New England Journal of Medicine detailed. Doctors diagnosed her with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or stress cardiomyopathy- also known as “broken-heart syndrome,” after a number of emergency tests. She was given heart medications and eventually recovered. Joanie Simpson told The Washington post that she was “close to inconsolable” after her Yorkshire…