Nikolas
Created page with "== Cardiomyopathies == Most heart muscle diseases are secondary to some other condition, like coronary artery disease, hypertension or valvular disease. These diseases are ''not'' cardiomyopathies. A cardiomyopathy (CMP) is defined as a primary (!) heart muscle disease, meaning that it doesn’t occur secondary due to any other disease. Specifically, we must exclude ischaemic, hypertensive and valvular heart diseases, to establish the presence of a cardiomyopathy. ''Pat..."