Question 1

who discovered dilated cardiomyopathy?

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Dilated cardiomyopat: Answering this question is difficult. Dilated cardiomyopathy is a general term. The general condition has likely been present through much if not all of homo sapiens existence. Who first recognized that dilated hearts with congestive failure existed is relatively impossible to pinpoint.

Question 2

what is  cardiomyopathy?

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Cardiomyopathy: Carduomyopathy is disease of the heart muscle. There are various types of cardiomyopathy and causes, and the symptoms can vary from minimal or none to severe.

Question 3

does cardiomyopathy hurt?

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No: If you have ischemia from coronary artery disease along with it then you may feel the pain of angina in your chest.

Question 4

what causes cardiomyopathy?

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Cardiomyopathy: this is a nonspecific term, the problem can be genetic, infectious, inflammatory, toxic, neoplastic, metabolic and idiopathic and I probably forgot some

Question 5

can cardiomyopathy be cured?

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Depends: It depends on the cause. If due to alcohol, abstention often cures it. If due to pregnancy, about 50% return to normal. Due to chemotherapy, it rarely improves. Due to viral illness, many get better. If inherited, it won't get better. All of the above aside, there are medications and sometimes devices that can be very helpful for everyone.

Question 6

can you cure cardiomyopathy?

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Depends: Depends on cause, severity, and perhaps duration, and response to treatment varies by patient. Cardiomyopathy means disease of heart muscle and is a very broad term.

Question 7

what does cardiomyopathy mean?

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Weak heart muscle: Weak heart muscle which can be caused by many different reasons.

Question 8

how do you get cardiomyopathy?

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Cardiomyopathy: Many causes of cardiomyopathy. Among them are inherited, viruses, toxins like alcohol, radiation, aids, other infectious agents, autoimmune, sarcoidosis, catecholamines, chronic tachycardia and more.

Question 9

does cardiomyopathy get better?

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Depends: Depends on the type of cardiomyopathy.  Some cardiomyopathies such as stress cardiomyopathy (tako tsubo) almost always get better.  Other types of cardiomyopathy such as amyloid almost never get better.  Overall, there may be 50 types of cardiomyopathy each with its own prognosis.

Question 10

how is cardiomyopathy contracted?

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Let discuss this: Cardiomyopathy means damaged heart muscle of any type. This damage indicates the heart is not working effectively as a  pump., the most common causes of cardiomyopathy are "ischemic" , due to heart attacks or "viral", due to damage done to the heart muscle from a severe viral attack. Like all viral infections this is contracted from other people but they cause disease  only in susceptible people.

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