Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging, Nuclear Cardiology & Echocardiography

Cardiomyopathy

Cardiomyopathy is a group of diseases that affect the heart muscle. Earlier there are only few or no symptoms, others may have shortness of breath, feel tired, or have swelling of the legs due to heart failure. An irregular heartbeat may occur as well as fainting and increased risk of sudden cardiac death also occurs. Types of cardiomyopathies are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy and restrictive cardiomyopathy. In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy the heart muscles enlarges and become thicknes. In dilated cardiomyopathy the ventricles enlarge and weaken and in restrictive cardiomyopathy the ventricle becomes stiffens.