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Cardiomyopathies tend to result from what? Tend to result from the neurohormonal responses to ischemic heart disease or hypertension What are other causes of cardiomyopathies? Infectious disease, toxins, systemic connective tissue disorders, nutritional deficiencies, and infiltrative disor...

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N5315 - Advanced
Pathophysiology -
Cardiomyopathies and Heart
Failure (Lecture) Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)
Cardiomyopathies tend to result from what?


✓ Tend to result from the neurohormonal responses to ischemic heart

disease or hypertension




What are other causes of cardiomyopathies?


✓ Infectious disease, toxins, systemic connective tissue disorders,

nutritional deficiencies, and infiltrative disorders




What do the pathological consequences of cardiomyopathies affect?


✓ Affect the myocardium layer of the heart impairing contractility or

restricting blood flow through the heart




How many types of cardiomyopathies are there?


✓ 3




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What are the 3 types of cardiomyopathies?


✓ Dilated (DCM); Hypertrophic (HCM); Restrictive




Which cardiomyopathy is characterized by a dilated left ventricle?


✓ Dilated (DCM)




What can you compare Dilated (DCM) cardiomyopathy to?


✓ A worn out ballon; a balloon which has become over stretched and

can no longer hold its normal shape




What is a dilated ventricle unable to do?


✓ Unable to contract sufficiently




What do people with DCM have difficulty with?


✓ Volume overload and pulmonary edema




What are the clinical manifestations of DCM?


✓ Fatigue, dyspnea, S3 heart sound




DCM is most often caused by what?



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✓ Ischemia secondary to MI




What are some other causes of DCM?


✓ Valvular heart disease, diabetes, renal failure, hyperthyroidism, alcohol

use (thiamine deficiency which decreases ATP production), cocaine

use, peripartum complications, genetic disorders, infection such as

Coxsackle B virus, hemochromatosis, and doxorubicin toxicity




What is the most common cause of sudden death in young adults?


✓ Hypertrophic (HCM) cardiomyopathy




What is the most common HCM?


✓ A familial, autosomal dominant disorder; most commonly associated

with gene defects on chromosome 11




What are the pathologic characteristics of HCM?


✓ Hypertrophy of the interventricular septum and to a lesser extent the

left ventricular wall




Hypertrophy of the interventricular septum in HCM may result in what?




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