Ventrilia: Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathies are structural and functional diseases of the heart muscle, called myocardium, resulting in difficulty of the heart to properly pump blood to the body. They can affect all age groups and can sometimes lead to sudden cardiac death. There are different types of cardiomyopathies, broadly divided into genetic, hereditary, and non-genetic. The most common hereditary cardiomyopathy is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) with a prevalence of 1 to 500 worldwide. A lot of patients with hereditary cardiomyopathy often are asymptomatic which makes it difficult for doctors to identify and diagnose them early, increasing the risk of more serious heart conditions such as arrhythmias and heart failure.
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