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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Diagnosis • Dilated Cardiomyopathy ... • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... • Valvular • Infiltrative
Etiologies of restrictive cardiomyopathy.
 - Noninfiltrative disorders 
 - Infiltrative disorders 
 - Storage diseases
of restrictive cardiomyopathy ... disorders - Infiltrative ... #restrictive #cardiomyopathy
Primary and Secondary Causes of Cardiomyopathy
(a) Primary cardiomyopathies 
 - Genetic 
 - Mixed (genetic/acquired)
Secondary Causes of Cardiomyopathy ... cardiomyopathies - Infiltrative ... Primary #Secondary #Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
Manifestations of cardiomyopathy ... • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... disorders: • Infiltrative
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... of Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... • Infiltrative ... Idiopathic, Diabetic Cardiomyopathy ... #Restrictive #Cardiomyopathy
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
Cardiomyopathies • Infiltrative ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Blood Stasis and Smoke on Echocardiogram (a4c)
Smoking symbol = Blood stasis without mitral stenosis
Other causes Restrictive
causes Restrictive cardiomyopathy ... (Infiltrative/Amyloidosis
Accordion Sign of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) on Cardiac MRI
30-year old woman with VPCs. Diagnosis?
Classic
Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy ... fatty and fibrous infiltration ... RightVentricular #Cardiomyopathy
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
ejection fraction, Infiltrative ... cardiomyopathy
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
& restrictive cardiomyopathy ... syndrome Muscles: • Infiltration ... factor X, vascular infiltration ... • Restrictive cardiomyopathy