Diseases

Cardiomyopathies

A group of diseases in which the dominant feature is the involvement of the CARDIAC MUSCLE itself. Cardiomyopathies are classified according to their predominant pathophysiological features (DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY) or their etiological/pathological factors (CARDIOMYOPATHY, ALCOHOLIC; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS).

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Abstract

A group of diseases in which the dominant feature is the involvement of the CARDIAC MUSCLE itself. Cardiomyopathies are classified according to their predominant pathophysiological features (DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY) or their etiological/pathological factors (CARDIOMYOPATHY, ALCOHOLIC; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS).

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27 entry terms
  • Myocardial Disease
  • Myocardial Diseases
  • Myocardiopathies
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Disease, Myocardial
  • Diseases, Myocardial
  • Myocardiopathy
  • Cardiomyopathies, Primary
  • Cardiomyopathies, Secondary
  • Myocardial Diseases, Primary
  • Myocardial Diseases, Secondary
  • Primary Myocardial Disease
  • Primary Myocardial Diseases
  • Secondary Myocardial Diseases
  • Cardiomyopathy, Primary
  • Cardiomyopathy, Secondary
  • Disease, Primary Myocardial
  • Disease, Secondary Myocardial
  • Diseases, Primary Myocardial
  • Diseases, Secondary Myocardial
  • Myocardial Disease, Primary
  • Myocardial Disease, Secondary
  • Primary Cardiomyopathies
  • Primary Cardiomyopathy
  • Secondary Cardiomyopathies
  • Secondary Cardiomyopathy
  • Secondary Myocardial Disease

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; for infections of the myocardium, coordinate here with infection term, not with HEART DISEASES

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History Note

2005 (1979)

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NLM Classification

WG 280

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cardiomyopathies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009202. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009202
  2. Cardiomyopathies. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiomyopathy
  3. Cardiomyopathies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q847583