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Cardiomyopathy, which literally means "heart muscle disease", is the deterioration of the function of the myocardium (i.e., the actual heart muscle) for any reason. Cardiomyopathy of any cause typically leads to signs and symptoms of heart failure as the pumping efficiency of the heart is diminished. People with cardiomyopathy are often at risk of arrhythmia and/or sudden cardiac death.
Cardiomyopathies can generally be categorized into two groups, based on WHO guidelines: extrinsic cardiomyopathies and intrinsic cardiomyopathies.
Extrinsic cardiomyopathies
These are cardiomyopathies where the primary pathology is outside the myocardium itself. Most cardiomyopathies are extrinsic, because by far the most common cause of a cardiomyopathy is ischemia. A reasonably complete list of extrinsic causes of cardiomyopathy would be:
- Ischemic cardiomyopathy (English spelling Ischaemic)
- Hypertensive cardiomyopathy
- Valvar cardiomyopathy
- Inflammatory cardiomyopathy
- Cardiomyopathy secondary to a systemic disease
- Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
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