cardiomyopathy Definition
cardio·my·opa·thy (kär′dē ō′mī äp′ə t̸hē)
noun pl. -·thies′-t̸hēz′
any of various diseases of the heart muscle
cardiomyopathy Usage Examples
Converse of object
- dilate: The second study will involve 200 patients whose hearts are failing specifically because of dilated cardiomyopathy - a heart muscle disorder.
- have: At least 1 of every 500 people in the UK has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which causes the heart muscle to grow abnormally thick.
- cause: Because drinking large amounts of alcohol can cause cardiomyopathy, drinking alcohol is sometimes discouraged.
- call: The most important is over-activity of the heart muscle which causes a heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- reveal: A 6 hr. necropsy revealed cardiomyopathy and a heavy parasitical load of this a MALE Kogia breviceps.
- associate: There have been isolated reports of cardiomyopathy associated with chronic amphetamine use.
Adjective modifier
- hypertrophic: There was a family history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in his son Thomas, who died in 1994 aged 31 years.
- dilated: Top of the page Genetics Recently it has become apparent that Dilated Cardiomyopathy is familial in at least 20 % of cases.
- obstructive: Five years ago, Julian Wort collapsed and died, aged 28, from hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
- arrhythmogenic: Nadia, a staff nurse, has been told she has arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
- ventricular: Nadia, a staff nurse, has been told she has arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
- right: Nadia, a staff nurse, has been told she has arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
Noun used with modifier
heart: FATE ( also called ' saddle ' thrombus ) is a type of feline heart cardiomyopathy.
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