Cardiomyopathies in the Clinical Practice - an Overview

Lukas P Schulz; Annina S Vischer

doi:10.1024/1661-8157/a003912

Cardiomyopathies in the Clinical Practice - an Overview

Praxis (Bern 1994). 2022 Aug;111(11):623-631. doi: 10.1024/1661-8157/a003912.

Authors

Lukas P Schulz¹, Annina S Vischer²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
² Medical Outpatient Department, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 35975415
DOI: 10.1024/1661-8157/a003912

Abstract

Cardiomyopathies are myocardial disorders with a structurally and functionally abnormal heart muscle. In this review, we describe pathophysiological aspects, clinical presentation, diagnosis, risk stratification and therapeutical concepts of the three most common forms of cardiomyopathy: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM).

Keywords: Cardiomyopathie hypertrophique; Hypertrophe Kardiomyopathie; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; arrhythmogene Kardiomyopathie; arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy; cardiomyopathie arythmogène; cardiomyopathie dilatée; dilatative Kardiomyopathie; dilated cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathies* / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathies* / therapy
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated* / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated* / etiology
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated* / therapy
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic* / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic* / therapy
Humans
Myocardium