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What is the difference between dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

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Created: 2022-07-07 12:24:12

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Dilated cardiomyopathy: Your heart's blood-pumping chambers enlarge (dilate).Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Your heart muscle thickens. 28 апр. 2021 г.


What is the difference between dilation and hypertrophy?

Hypertrophy involves an increase in the thickness of the heart muscle. Dilation involves an increase in the size of the inside cavity of a chamber of the heart. Hypertrophy usually occurs in only one chamber while dilation may occur in one, two, three, or all of the chambers, based on its cause.

Is dilated cardiomyopathy the same as cardiomyopathy?

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the most common type of nonischemic cardiomyopathy. In dilated cardiomyopathy, the heart's ability to pump blood is decreased because the heart's main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, is enlarged, dilated and weak.

Is dilated cardiomyopathy hypertrophy?

A related genetic disease, idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), also results from single missense mutations in some of the same sarcomeric proteins, but leads to ventricular chamber dilation and reduced systolic performance, rather than hypertrophy (11,12).

Is dilated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy more common?

Dilated: where one of the pumping chambers (ventricles) of the heart is enlarged. This is more common in males and is the most common form of cardiomyopathy in children. It can occur at any age and may or may not be inherited. Hypertrophic: where the heart muscle is thickened.

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