People with DM can develop heart dysfunction called diabetic cardiomyopathy [5]. This is characterized by dilation and hypertrophy of the myocardium, accompanied by systolic dysfunction and / or left ventricular diastolic and their presence is independent of ischemic heart disease or hypertension coexistence [7]. Although diabetic cardiomyopathy is a chronic subclinical condition [8], eventuall...

Myasthenic symptoms and the echocardiographic findings of dilated cardiomyopathy are very rare in primary AL amyloidosis. We report a 59-year-old man with dyspnea on effort and weakness after exercise. His electrocardiogram showed ischemic heart disease and echocardiography indicated dilated cardiomyopathy. Muscle biopsy revealed amyloidosis with deposits of lambda light chain-derived amyloid w...

Background and objectives Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) frequently demonstrate non-ischemic pattern myocardial fibrosis (MF) on delayed enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI). The clinical significance of this finding with respect to impact on Quality of Life (QOL) is poorly understood. In this study we identify the prevalence of MF in...

A 39-year-old woman had an embolic upper division middle cerebral artery branch occlusion 3 hours after smoking the free base of cocaine ("crack"). Radionuclide ventriculography demonstrated cardiomyopathy, and echocardiography documented a left atrial thrombus. This case demonstrates that embolism is one mechanism of ischemic stroke after cocaine use, and that cardiomyopathy, possibly cocaine ...

Since the emergence of novel coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19), cardiovascular impairment and alterations in cardiology laboratory tests suggestive myocardial injury, even patients without symptoms, have been observed hospitalized children adults.– Epidemiological data from China suggested that cardiac injury may occur 19% to 28% with COVID-19. Several factors seem contribute damage, potentia...