Cardiomyopathy is one of the most frequent causes of heart failure. It is often associated with inadequate heart pumping or other heart function abnormalities. There are many different causes of the disease, e.g. other diseases, alcoholism, high blood pressure, viral infections; therefore many different kinds of cardiomyopathies exist, belonging to five main types of CM: Dilated CM, Hypertrophic CM, Restrictive CM, Right Ventricular CM, Nonclassifiable CM. This volume focuses on inflammatory CM, belonging to the Dilated Cardiomyopathies (DCMi). It covers epidemiology/prognosis, pathology, immunology, diagnosis and treatment strategies.
| ISBN: | 9783764383510 |
| Publication date: | 22nd June 2010 |
| Author: | HP Schultheiss, Michel Noutsias |
| Publisher: | Birkhauser an imprint of Birkhäuser Basel |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 294 pages |
| Series: | Progress in Inflammation Research |
| Genres: |
Immunology Cardiovascular medicine Pharmacology Microbiology (non-medical) Diseases and disorders Clinical and internal medicine |