Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy literally means disease of the heart muscle. This encompasses a range of conditions, the commonest of which is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This is a genetic condition affecting 1 in 500 people in which the heart muscle is too thick. Most patients have a very good prognosis but will need to be seen regularly to be assessed since a small proportion of patients are at risk of complications related to the disease like arrhythmias and heart failure. Since it is a genetic problem we also need to consider screening relatives to find out if they might be affected.
Other types of cardiomyopathy include dilated cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, left ventricular non compaction cardiomyopathy, Anderson Fabrys cardiomyopathy and cardiac amyloidosis.
If you have been diagnosed with a cardiomyopathy and would like to spend some time with an expert to talk it over in more depth, then you could contact either Dr. Flett or Dr. Rawlins, who both have specialist expertise in this field. Please contact our secretaries to make an appointment by clicking here.
The British Heart Foundation website is an excellent source of information about all things related to your heart including: prevention, symptoms, tests, treatments and recovery.
Other types of cardiomyopathy include dilated cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, left ventricular non compaction cardiomyopathy, Anderson Fabrys cardiomyopathy and cardiac amyloidosis.
If you have been diagnosed with a cardiomyopathy and would like to spend some time with an expert to talk it over in more depth, then you could contact either Dr. Flett or Dr. Rawlins, who both have specialist expertise in this field. Please contact our secretaries to make an appointment by clicking here.
The British Heart Foundation website is an excellent source of information about all things related to your heart including: prevention, symptoms, tests, treatments and recovery.