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cardiomyopathy Definition

cardio·my·opa·thy (kär′dē ō′mī äpə 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.