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Viral cardiomyopathy occurs when viral infections cause myocarditis with a resulting thickening of the myocardium and dilation of the ventricles. These viruses include Coxsackie B and adenovirus, echoviruses, influenza H1N1, Epstein–Barr virus, rubella (German measles virus), varicella (chickenpox virus), mumps, measles, parvoviruses, yellow fever, dengue fever, polio, rabies, and the ...
Myocarditis can be seen during COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus; [60] with the myocarditis being associated with a spectrum of severities from asymptomatic to fulminant. The symptoms for myocarditis following a COVID-19 infection can present as chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, and irregular heartbeats which can make ...
Diseases and disorders H1N1 flu: Hemagglutinin Type 1 and Neuraminidase Type 1 influenza HAS Holmes–Adie syndrome: HCP Hereditary coproporphyria: HD Huntington's disease: HDL2 Huntington's disease–like 2: HELLP syndrome: Hemolytic anemia, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count syndrome HeV Infection Hendra virus infection HF Heart ...
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. [3] CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease ...
Carditis (pl. carditides) is the inflammation of the heart. [1] It is usually studied and treated by specifying it as: [citation needed] Pericarditis is the inflammation of the pericardium; Myocarditis is the inflammation of the heart muscle; Endocarditis is the inflammation of the endocardium
Around one in four deaths each year are due to heart disease; that’s 655,000 people annually. A number of factors, says Salim Hayek, MD, a cardiologist at the Michigan Medicine Frankel ...
Cardiomyopathy is a group of primary diseases of the heart muscle. [1] Early on there may be few or no symptoms. [1] As the disease worsens, shortness of breath, feeling tired, and swelling of the legs may occur, due to the onset of heart failure. [1] An irregular heart beat and fainting may occur. [1]
Neoplastic disease; Chronic rheumatic heart disease, which is an autoimmune response to repeated Streptococcus pyogenes infection (mostly in the developing world) Age-related degenerative valvular lesions; Congenital heart valve abnormalities; Hemodialysis, a medical procedure that filters the blood of individuals with kidney failure; Poor oral ...