Cardiomyopathy
Myocardial: affect myocardial tissue, can be referred to as cardiomyopathy
- Dilated: systolic dysfunction, ventricle is dilated w/ marked contractile dysfunction
- Hypertrophic: diastolic dysfunction, thickened ventricle , less compliant to filling
- Restrictive: systolic and diastolic dysfunction, endocardial scarring of ventricles- decreased compliance for filling, dec’d force for systole
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