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Congestive Cardiomyopathy Learning Center
Treatments could include:
- Heart Transplant
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Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Implantation of Car...
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Implantation of Automatic Cardiac Defibrillator
- Open Heart Surgery
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When the cause of the dilated cardiomyopathy can be found, that condition is treated. For example, if alcohol or cocaine use is the cause, your doctor will ask you to stop drinking alcohol or using cocaine. Often, no specific cause can be found.
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When a patient is diagnosed with congestive cardiomyopathy, physicians try to find out the cause. If coronary artery disease is not the culprit, in most other cases a cause is not identified. When a condition responsible for the congestive cardiom...
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Heart transplantation, also called cardiac transplantation, is the replacement of a patient's diseased or injured heart with a healthy donor heart.
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Heart transplantation is surgery to remove a damaged or diseased heart and replace it with a healthy donor heart.
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Heart transplantation, also called cardiac transplantation, is the replacement of a patient's diseased or injured heart with a healthy donor heart.
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A pacemaker is a surgically implanted electronic device that regulates a cardiac arrhythmia. Pacemakers are most frequently prescribed when the heartbeat decreases under 60 beats per minute at rest (severe symptomatic bradycardia). They are also u...
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A pacemaker is a small, battery-operated device that senses when your heart is beating irregularly or too slowly. It sends a signal to your heart that makes your heart beat at the correct pace.
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A pacemaker is an implantable electronic device that delivers electrical stimulation to the heart to help regulate its beat.
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A pacemaker is a surgically-implanted electronic device that regulates a slow or erratic heartbeat.
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Open heart surgery is any surgery where the chest is opened and surgery is performed on the heart muscle, valves, arteries, or other heart structures. The term "open" refers to the chest, not the heart itself. The heart may or may not be opened, d...
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