A study of clinical profile of patients with cardiomyopathy

 

Jinaga Satyanarayan Rao¹, P Ratnachary^2*

 

Abstract              Background: Prevalence of cardiomyopathy is increasing all over the world. Various factors are responsible for development of cardiomyopathy Aim And Objective: To study the clinical profile of patients with cardiomyopathy Material And Methods: Present study was a prospective study carried out on patients admitted with symptoms and signs cardiomyopathy. Data collected was sociodemographic data, clinical history and clinical examination. All patients underwent echocardiography, ECG and chest radiography. Results: Most common type of cardiomyoipathy is Dilated cardiomyopathy (87.5%) followed by Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (10%) and Restrictive cardiomyopathy (2.5%). Biventricular failure was the most common clinical presentation followed by left heart failure and then right heart failure.