Cardiomyopathies Flashcards
most common cardiomyopathy
dilated
causes of dilated
- drugs
- pregnancy
- alcohol
- viral
dilated heart findings
- flopping valves
- left ventricular systolic dysfunction
- weaken and enlarged
takotsubo syndrome
specific type of dilated cardiomyopathy
causes of takotsubo
- due to emotional stress
- broken heart syndrome
takotsubo heart findings
- sustained apex
- balloning of left ventricle
- mirrors STEMI but no CA exclusion
takotsubo most common
women and elderly
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy heart findings
left ventricular enlargement and thickened septal myocardium
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- hereditary
- crescendo (systolic)
increases murmur
- standing
- valsalva
decrease murmur
- squatting
- tendelenberg
hypertrophic - ekg finding
left ventricular hypertrophy
hypertrophic treatment
- no exercise
- can take beta-blocker
restrictive cardiomyopathy x-ray findings
bilateral enlargement
amyloidosis
- most common
- desposition of amyloid proteins into the myocardium
restrictive cardiomyopathy - etiologies
- amyloidosis
- sarcoidosis
- hemochromatosis
sarcoidosis
disposition of granules
hemochromatosis
increased iron disposition in myocardium
what is your go to test?
echo
