Mesh term Cardiomyopathies
Browse to parent terms:Heart Diseases
Description
A group of diseases in which the dominant feature is the involvement of the CARDIAC MUSCLE itself. Cardiomyopathies are classified according to their predominant pathophysiological features (DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY) or their etiological/pathological factors (CARDIOMYOPATHY, ALCOHOLIC; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS).Browse to child terms:
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive
Chagas Cardiomyopathy
Diabetic Cardiomyopathies
Endocardial Fibroelastosis
Endomyocardial Fibrosis
Glycogen Storage Disease Type IIb
Kearns-Sayre Syndrome
Myocardial Reperfusion Injury
Myocarditis
Sarcoglycanopathies
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