Cardiomyopathy natural history, complications and prognosis

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Overview

Cardiomyopathy will continue to progressively worsen, unless intervened on. As the function of the heart deteriorates, symptoms of heart failure become apparent. On the other hand, defects in ion channels and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can present with fatal arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death without the preceding symptoms of heart failure. In general, complications and sequelae of cardiomyopathy include heart failure, arrythmia, thromboembolic disease, and sudden cardiac death. Prognosis of patients depends on the etiology of the cardiomyopathy and the initiation of management, whether medical, surgical or device therapy. Patients with cardiomyopathy are usually treated with medical treatment similar to heart failure patients, although some patients do not respond well to medications and continue to have worsening heart function, which may require heart transplant eventually. Those patients at high risk for fatal arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death should receive device therapy with implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) or cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).

Natural History[edit | edit source]

  • The natural history of disease details how the disease progresses without treatment.
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Complications[edit | edit source]

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Prognosis[edit | edit source]

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Complications

Cardiomyopathy gets worse unless treated. The most likely complications are;

References

Template:Sisakian H. Cardiomyopathies: Evolution of pathogenesis concepts and potential for new therapies. World J Cardiol. 2014;6(6):478-94Template:WH Template:WS Template:Al-Khatib SM, Fonarow GC, Joglar JA, et al. Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Patients With Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy: A Meta-analysis. JAMA Cardiol. 2017;2(6):685-688.

Template:Wexler RK, Elton T, Pleister A, Feldman D. Cardiomyopathy: an overview. Am Fam Physician. 2009;79(9):778-84.