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Chronic cardiomyopathy

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Chronic cardiomyopathy is a condition of deteriorating heart failure due to problems with the muscle of the heart.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

Is a type of:

Cardiomyopathy

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Common
Baby
0-2
Common
Preteen
6-13
Common
Teenager
14-18
Common
Young adult
19-40
Common
Middle-aged adult
41-60
Very common

Body locations

Chest

Symptoms

Chest pain
Fatigue
Cough
Loss of consciousness
Shortness of breath, made worse by lying down
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Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Chronic cardiomyopathy
Amiodarone
2
3 reviews
Digoxin
1.8
4 reviews
Nifedipine
1.5
2 reviews
Procardia
Blood thinners
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Procedures

Ratings show how effective doctors think these procedures are at treating Chronic cardiomyopathy

Surgery

Heart transplant
4.2
11 reviews

Medical devices

Defibrillator

Other treatments

Watchful waiting

Tests

Urine protein
Electrocardiogram
Holter monitoring
Iron and iron binding capacity
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
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