a disease of the heart muscle usually caused by a biochemical defect or a toxin such as alcohol
Also called: myocardiopathy
Examples of 'myocardiopathy' in a sentence
myocardiopathy
A noninvasive diagnosis of dilated myocardiopathy was established and the clinical picture was pharmacologically compensated.
Fernando Amaral, Carla Tanamati, João A Granzotti, Jorge L Haddad, João Ronaldo ALeite, Miguel Barbero-Marcial 2000, 'Congenital atresia of the ostium of the left coronary artery. Diagnostic difficultyand successful surgical revascularization in two patients', Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2000000400005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In conclusion, non-compact myocardiopathy may be presented in older adults.
Alberto Barón, Gina Cuenca 2007, 'Contraste miocárdico en el diagnóstico de la miocardiopatía no-compacta: descripciónde dos casos Myocardial contrast in diagnosis of non-compact myocardiopathy: descriptionof two cases', Revista Colombiana de Cardiologíahttp://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0120-56332007000400005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Juan Alberto Cosquillo MEJIA, Valdester Cavalcante PINTO Jr., Haroldo Brasil BARROSO,Fernando Antônio MESQUITA, Waldomiro CARVALHO Jr., José Matos Brito CASTELO BRANCO,Flávio José Rocha SOUZA, Maria Corina Amaral VIANA, Patrícia Lopes SOUSA, João DavidSOUSA NETO 2001, 'Baixas doses de óxido nítrico na seleção dos pacientes candidatos a transplante cardíacocom hipertensão pulmonar Low doses of nitric oxide in the selection of candidatesto heart transplantation with pulmonary hypertension', Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgeryhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382001000100005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The most frequent was pulmonary valve stenosis followed by hypertrophic myocardiopathy, commonly associated with valve defects.
Débora Romeo Bertola, Ae Kim Chong, Sofia M. M. Sugayama, Lilian Maria José Albano,Jaqueline Wagenführ, Regina Lúcia Moysés, Claudette Hajaj Gonzalez 2000, 'Cardiac findings in 31 patients with Noonan's syndrome', Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2000001100005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We describe the cases of two adult patients to whom myocardiopathy was diagnosed based on echocardiographic findings.
Alberto Barón, Gina Cuenca 2007, 'Contraste miocárdico en el diagnóstico de la miocardiopatía no-compacta: descripciónde dos casos Myocardial contrast in diagnosis of non-compact myocardiopathy: descriptionof two cases', Revista Colombiana de Cardiologíahttp://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0120-56332007000400005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
His dilated and prevailing right ventricular myocardiopathy shows diagnostic difficulties between previous myocarditis etiology and arrhythmogenic dysplasia.
Edmar Atik, Carlos Eduardo Rochitte, Luis Francisco R. de Ávila, Luiz J. Kajita, RenataBacic Palhares 2005, 'Miocardiopatia preponderante de ventrículo direito por miocardite prévia ou por displasiaarritmogênica? Prevailing right ventricular myocardiopathy for previous myocarditisor arrhythmogenic dysplasia?', Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2005001400014. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)