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Restrictive cardiomyopathy

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Restrictive cardiomyopathy is a group of conditions where the heart muscles are stiff and are unable to relax or contract effectively.

Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this

39 year experience in Internal Medicine

Is a type of:

Cardiomyopathy

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Common

Body locations

Chest

Symptoms

Fatigue
Cough
Chest pain
Shortness of breath, made worse by lying down
Short of breath on lying flat
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Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Restrictive cardiomyopathy
Carvedilol
2.9
9 reviews
Trandolapril and verapamil
2.6
7 reviews
Nebivolol
2.5
10 reviews
Amiodarone
2.3
9 reviews
Digoxin
2
13 reviews
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Procedures

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

Surgery

Heart transplant
4
11 reviews

Medical devices

Defibrillator

Other treatments

Watchful waiting

Tests

Holter monitoring
Basic metabolic panel
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Iron and iron binding capacity
Urine protein
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