10 Facts approximately Children’s Cardiomyopathy – from the Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation. Cardiomyopathy is a chronic illness of the heart muscle that causes the heart to decrease its ability to pump blood. In severe cases,it can lead to heart failure. There are five forms of cardiomyopathy: dilated (DCM), hypertrophic (HCM), and restrictive (RCM),arrhythmogenic right ventricular (ARVC) cardiomyopathy, and left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy (LVNC). Each of these forms is based on a different fraction of the heart muscle being affected. Cardiomyopathy […]
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