Cardiomyopathy

systemic or functional impairment of ventricular filling or blood discharge (Yancy et al., pp. 246, 2013), for instance, from injury to the myocardium causing decreased CO. Patient X’s HF is due to IHD, hypertension and smoking. Valvular disease, cardiomyopathy, infections and diabetes can also cause HF. As CO decreases, dyspnoea, peripheral oedema, ascites and fatigue may occur. There are several compensatory mechanisms which occur due to decreased CO (Kemp & Conte, 2012). The first…

disease are terms that cover an array of diseases and conditions all relating to the heart and its functions. They can include blood vessel diseases, such as coronary artery disease, or conditions such as arrhythmias, congenital heart defects and cardiomyopathy. Typically CVD refers to conditions…

one. Many people believe that drinking before the age of 25 doesn’t harm them whatsoever, but the effects are huge. Drinking before twenty five can damage internal organs like the heart and liver and can cause the heart to go through cardiomyopathy. Cardiomyopathy is the heart not being able to pump enough blood to to the organs causing severe damage. Drinking causes the liver to get “fatty” which makes the liver more vulnerable to dangerous inflammation, at a young age with heart and liver…

As this problem worsens the heart is unable to pump blood through the body and maintain a normal electrical rhythm. Causes of cardiomyopathy include infections, alcohol abuse, and the toxic effect of drugs such as cocaine or some drugs used for chemotherapy. In order to prevent heart failure, lifestyle changes is important such as abstaining from alcohol, losing weight and reducing…

skeletal deformities such as scoliosis and lordosis start to appear. In the early teen years, progressive weakness of the cardiac and diaphragm muscles leads to the development of cardiomyopathy and respiratory disorders respectively. Males with DMD usually die at the age of 25 from respiratory infection or chronic cardiomyopathy but there are few individuals who survive beyond their…

Heart failure is a complicated syndrome characterised by reduced heart productivity and subsequent haemodynamic and neurohormonal responses (Poole-Wilson 1985). Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common pattern of congestive cardiac failure in older people (Nicholson, 2014). Congestive cardiac failure can be caused by a number of pathological conditions, some of these conditions can be reversed through medications and natural remedies but others may not be (Nicholson, 2014). Patients can have…

Both of my cousins died suddenly at the ages of eight and eighteen from Mitral Valve Prolapse and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy heart abnormalities. Death is one of the most challenging thing for anyone to endure. Ten years ago, death struck my family hard, not once, but twice on two different occasions. I was young when they died, but their death’s had a tremendous effect on my life. Experiecing these deaths at a young age, has taught me how to live life to the fullest and not to take the…

1. What were the main findings of Mr. Penzey’s physical exam? How could his CT results be related to his blood pressure findings? A physical examination for high blood pressure also comprises a medical history. The extent of the physical examination as well as the level of detail in your doctor's questions depend on how high your blood pressure is in addition to whether you have other risk factors for heart disease. High blood pressure can harm your blood vessels, heart as well as kidneys. This…

cells that lack, or have an insufficient amount of, functional dystrophin progressively become more damaged as the muscles keep contracting and relaxing. Damaged muscle cells weaken and eventually die, which is what causes the muscle weakness and cardiomyopathy seen in DMD…

either not pumping enough blood into circulation or when the ventricles are not filling properly. Heart failure can result from many different conditions; some of the conditions that heart failure can result from are CAD, hypertension, dilated cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, and MI (Higgerson, n.d. & Mattson Porth, 2015). Since it seems that the right and left side of the heart are being affected now the provider could expect to see weakness, confusion, anxiety memory impairment,…