CARDIOMYOPATHY -
CLASSIFICATION & ANAESTHESIA
CONSIDERATION
DR NITHYA
DR BHASKAR
,REFERENCE
● STOELTINGS DISEASES - 7TH EDITION
,CARDIOMYOPATHIES
● AHA,2006, entitled “Contemporary Definition and Classification of the
Cardiomyopathies” reads as follows:
○ Cardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases of the myocardium associated with
mechanical and/or electrical dysfunction that usually (but not invariably) exhibit inappropriate
ventricular hypertrophy or dilation and are due to a variety of causes that frequently are
genetic.
○ Cardiomyopathies either are confined to the heart or are part of generalized systemic
disorders, often leading to cardiovascular death or progressive heart failurerelated
disability.Cardiomyopathies
,
CLASSIFICATION & ANAESTHESIA
CONSIDERATION
DR NITHYA
DR BHASKAR
,REFERENCE
● STOELTINGS DISEASES - 7TH EDITION
,CARDIOMYOPATHIES
● AHA,2006, entitled “Contemporary Definition and Classification of the
Cardiomyopathies” reads as follows:
○ Cardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases of the myocardium associated with
mechanical and/or electrical dysfunction that usually (but not invariably) exhibit inappropriate
ventricular hypertrophy or dilation and are due to a variety of causes that frequently are
genetic.
○ Cardiomyopathies either are confined to the heart or are part of generalized systemic
disorders, often leading to cardiovascular death or progressive heart failurerelated
disability.Cardiomyopathies
,
