Cardiomyopathy

CHF is usually caused by cardiomyopathy. Cardio means “heart” and Myopathy is “muscle related desease”. there are several types of cardiomyopathy they are listed below:

Alcohol cardiomyopathy is a cardiomyopathy that is caused by excessive and habitual use of alcohol which causes the heart muscle to weaken and causes it not to pump properly.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is a cardiomyopathy wherein the heart muscles becomes thick and makes the heart harder to pump blood out.

Dilated Cardiomyopathy is the most common cardiomyopathy wherein the heart becomes dilated or becomes big that it makes for the heart hard to pump.

Ischemic Cardiomyopathy is what happens to patients who has Congestive Heart Failure secondary to Coronary Artery Disease, Angina, MI, or Atherosclerosis or arteriosclerosis. Ischemic means decreased oxygen.

Restrictive Cardiomyopathy refers to a group of disorders in which the heart chambers are unable to fill with blood properly because of stiffness of the heart. In restrictive cardiomyopathy, the heart is normal in size or only slightly enlarged, but it cannot relax normally during diastole (that is, the time between heartbeats in which the blood returns from the body to the heart). Later in the disease, the heart may not pump blood efficiently. The abnormal heart function can affect the lungs, liver, and other body systems. Restrictive cardiomyopathy may affect either or both ventricles and may or may not be associated with a disease of the heart