Health topic · Cardiology
Cardiomyopathy
MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine · Retrieved 2026-10-13
Cardiomyopathy is the name for diseases of the heart muscle. These diseases enlarge your heart muscle or make it thicker and more rigid than normal. In rare cases, scar tissue replaces the muscle tissue. Some people live long, healthy lives with cardiomyopathy. Some people don't even realize they have it. In others, however, it can make the heart less able to pump blood through the body. This can cause serious complications, including: • Heart failure • Abnormal heart…
Reference details
- MedlinePlus topic groups
- Blood, Heart and Circulation
- Also called
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Myocardiopathy; Restrictive cardiomyopathy
- MeSH terms
- Cardiomyopathies
- XML release date
- 10/13/2026 02:30:36
Overview
Sources and reuse
- Original MedlinePlus page
- Congenital Heart Defects
- Heart Health Tests
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: MedlinePlus Genetics
- Barth syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Cardiomyopathies
- Danon disease: MedlinePlus Genetics
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- Echocardiography
- Familial dilated cardiomyopathy: MedlinePlus Genetics
- Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: MedlinePlus Genetics
- Familial restrictive cardiomyopathy: MedlinePlus Genetics
- How the Heart Works
- Keratoderma with woolly hair: MedlinePlus Genetics
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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