Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
The term "cardiomyopathy" refers to a group of disorders that affect the myocardium and can result in cardiac dysfunction, including heart failure, arrhythmia, and even unexpected death. In both children and adults, cardiomyopathies are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, and they are also a common reason for heart transplantation. Specific cardiomyopathies and primary cardiomyopathies were identified as the two fundamental categories in which cardiomyopathies should be categorised by a joint task force of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Society and Federation of Cardiology (ISFC) in the year 1995. 1 Certain heart muscle diseases, such as those related with myocarditis, specific cardiac diseases, or broad systemic diseases, fall under the category of specific cardiomyopathies. On the other hand, primary cardiomyopathies are diseases that are inherent to the myocardium itself, and they are categorised according to their pathophysiological processes. This category encompasses unclassified cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), restricted cardiomyopathy (RCM), and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC).