Restrictive cardiomyopathy

Restrictive cardiomyopathy
Other namesObliterative cardiomyopathy, infiltrative cardiomyopathy, constrictive cardiomyopathy[1]
Micrograph of cardiac amyloidosis, a cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy. Congo red stain.
SpecialtyCardiology 

Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is a form of cardiomyopathy in which the walls of the heart are rigid (but not thickened).[2][3] Thus the heart is restricted from stretching and filling with blood properly. It is the least common of the three original subtypes of cardiomyopathy: hypertrophic, dilated, and restrictive.[1]

It should not be confused with constrictive pericarditis, a disease which presents similarly but is very different in treatment and prognosis.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Hancock, EW (September 2001). "Differential diagnosis of restrictive cardiomyopathy and constrictive pericarditis". Heart. 86 (3): 343–9. doi:10.1136/heart.86.3.343. PMC 1729880. PMID 11514495.
  2. ^ "restrictive cardiomyopathy" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
  3. ^ Pathophysiology of heart disease : a collaborative project of medical students and faculty. Lilly, Leonard S., Harvard Medical School. (5th ed.). Baltimore, MD: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2011. ISBN 978-1605477237. OCLC 649701807.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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