I42

Clinical Information

• A disease of the heart muscle or myocardium proper. Cardiomyopathies may be classified as either primary or secondary, on the basis of etiology, or on the pathophysiology of the lesion: hypertrophic, dilated, or restrictive.

• A group of diseases in which the dominant feature is the involvement of the cardiac muscle itself. Cardiomyopathies are classified according to their predominant pathophysiological features dilated cardiomyopathy; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; restrictive cardiomyopathy) or their etiological/pathological factors cardiomyopathy, alcoholic; endocardial fibroelastosis).

• Cardiomyopathy refers to diseases of the heart muscle. These diseases enlarge your heart muscle or make it thicker and more rigid than normal. In rare cases, scar tissue replaces the muscle tissue.some people live long, healthy lives with cardiomyopathy. Some people don’t even realize they have it. In others, however, it can make the heart less able to pump blood through the body. This can cause serious complications, including

• Condition in which there is a deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of the myocardium, the middle and thickest layer of the heart wall, composed of heart muscle.

Details

• Conditions in I00-I99

• I42.0

  Dilated cardiomyopathy

• I42.1

  Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

• I42.2

  Other hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

• I42.3

  Endomyocardial (eosinophilic) disease

• I42.4

  Endocardial fibroelastosis

• I42.5

  Other restrictive cardiomyopathy

• I42.6

  Alcoholic cardiomyopathy

• I42.7

  Cardiomyopathy due to drug and external agent

• I42.8

  Other cardiomyopathies

• I42.9

  Cardiomyopathy, unspecified