With the advent and increased use of chemotherapeutic agents and radiation therapy, cancer survival rates have increased. With increased survival, both acute and chronic cardiotoxic adverse effects have emerged. The growing need for managing the treatment of individuals with chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity has led to the formation of cardio-oncology programs throughout…
Background: Hepatitis secondary to infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the most common causes of viral hepatitis worldwide. Multiple extrahepatic manifestations of HCV infection have been recognized. Dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with HCV infection have been recently described in the literature; however, the effect of…
Isolated ventricular noncompaction (IVNC) is a congenital cardiomyopathy characterized by a distinctive (“spongy“) morphological appearance of the left ventricular (LV) myocardium. It is rare but, with improved imaging modalities and awareness, it is being reported more frequently. Clinical manifestations may range from being asymptomatic to heart failure, arrhythmias, sudden cardiac…
In young adults, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is an acknowledged risk factor for sudden cardiac death (SCD) in an otherwise healthy and active patient. While the incidence of SCD in young people is not high enough for extensive, wide-scale examinations, the potential for prevention of some deaths via pre-exercise imaging…
Abstract:A 45-year-old woman with poorly controlled hypertension and diabetes mellitus presented with left iliac fossa pain, constipation alternating with diarrhea, and weight loss. She had been diagnosed with idiopathic cardiomyopathy five years previously. Echocardiogram had shown a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 35%; coronary angiogram was normal. Colonoscopy revealed…
Abstract:Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR or cardiac MRI) has advanced dramatically in the last ten years and has been proven a reliable and flexible method for cardiac diagnosis. Stress perfusion MRI is a new technique that accurately detects coronary heart disease with high sensitivity and specificity. The role of CMR…
A 35-year-old woman was admitted to the intensive care unit with heart failure and chest pain. Echocardiography had shown dilated cardiomyopathy, with a preponderance of right heart findings and pulmonary hypertension. In a woman with multiple prior uncomplicated pregnancies and deliveries, and no other known risk factors of developing pulmonary…
Cardiac involvement is the most important prognostic factor in primary amyloidosis (AL). The clinical presentation of amyloid cardiomyopathy is varied and may manifest as heart failure, brady or tachyarrhythmias, syncope, angina and rarely with features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and advanced symptomatic conduction system disease. The management of amyloid cardiomyopathy has…
Abstract:A previously healthy 29-year-old patient presented with new onset congestive heart failure. Based on findings on transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at an outside center, the patient was diagnosed as having a dilated cardiomyopathy with structural abnormalities in the ventricular septum and left ventricular (LV) apex…
Human immunodeficiency virus-related cardiomyopathy is characterized by global left ventricular (LV) dysfunction commonly associated with biventricular dilation. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cardiomyopathy carries a poor prognosis, and the role of antiretroviral therapy in the reversal of heart failure is not very clear. We report two patients with HIV infection who…
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