Tag: dilated cardiomyopathy

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has become an indispensible imaging technique for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with cardiovascular diseases. Technical advances in the past have rendered CMR unique in the evaluation of cardiovascular anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology due to its unique ability to produce high resolution tomographic images of the human heart and vessels in any arbitrary orientation, with soft tissue contrast that is superior to competing imaging modalities without the use of ionizing radiation...

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a multifactorial heart disease in which there is enlargement and systolic dysfunction of one or both ventricles. The exhaustion of compensatory mechanisms leads to symptoms of congestive heart failure, which is a significant problem in contemporary cardiology. DCM is still diagnosed using clinical assessment; echocardiography is necessary, and in some clinical situations we need hemodynamic assessment in order to identify the etiology and progression of heart disease...

Zapalenie mięśnia sercowego (MCI) jest jednostką chorobową o różnym przebiegu klinicznym, a także niepewnym rokowaniu. Jej głównymi przyczynami są infekcje wirusowe powodowane najczęściej adenowirusami i enterowirusami. Wśród pozostałych czynników etiologicznych MCI wymienia się: infekcje bakteryjne, grzybicze, pasożytnicze oraz czynniki fizyczne i chemiczne...

Heart failure remains one of the major public health problems in developed countries [1, 2]. During the development of congestive heart failure in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DC), the left ventricle (LV) undergoes complex changes in geometry, accompanied by alteration of the LV chamber and myocardial systolic and/or diastolic function. LV ejection fraction (EF) is the most commonly used parameter for the severity of LV systolic dysfunction in patients with congestive heart failure and has been used as a prognostic marker [3, 4]...