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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

goodtoknow says: Cardiomyopathy means damage to the heart muscle. The inherited heart condition that causes damage to the heart muscles and affects around 1 in 500 people in the UK. Symptoms can develop in childhood but mainly occur in...

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Dilated cardiomyopathy

goodtoknow says: Dilated cardiomyopathy is a condition of the heart muscle. The heart dilates (becomes enlarged) and pumps blood less well. Various symptoms may develop depending on the severity of the condition. Treatments vary depending on the severity of the symptoms and whether complications develop.

For a full medical explanation of the causes, symptoms and treatments of cardiomyopathy, read on.

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