Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is a heterogeneous group of myocardial diseases characterized by decreased left ventricular compliance, leading to an increase in end-diastolic filli...
Patients typically present with symptoms of heart failure including dyspnea, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (PND), ascites, lower extremity swelling, generalized weakness, an...
RCM treatment is aimed at lowering left ventricular filling pressures without affecting cardiac output adversely.
Therapeutic modalities aimed at treating the underlying cause...
Change in degree of dyspnea or NYHA class
Edema, ascites
Daily weights
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415295002 Restrictive cardiomyopathy (disorder)
79754008 Restrictive cardiomyopathy secondary to amyloid...
Maintain high index of suspicion to diagnose RCM, especially in cases of recurrent heart failure decompensation. The most common cause of RCM is cardiac amyloidosis; increased wall thi...
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