Full Description
The aim of this book is to give an up to date account of recent developments in the field of cardiomyopathy. Many authors, all experienced workers in their fields, - most from Germany - have contributed to this volume. It would appear that the diagnosis of cardiomyopathy is now made more often than it was 10 years ago. The reason for this is probably not that the incidence of the disease has increased, but that it is better recognized. Where conventional clinical investigation may have failed to define the underlying disease process in a given patient, improved or more widely used diagnostic tools, such as selective coronary arteriography and endomyocardial biopsies, have contributed greatly to proper diagnosis. Furthermore, uniformity of terminology has also taken place during the last few years, permitting more accurate categorization of patients suffering from this entity. The difficult subject of terminology is discussed in a special section.
Contents
Experimental Cardiomyopathies.- 1. Morphologic Changes of the Myocardium Induced by Different Toxic Agents.- 2. Cardiomyopathy Induced by Antineoplastic Drugs.- 3. Hereditary Cardiomyopathy in the Syrian Golden Hamster: Influence of Verapamil as Calcium Antagonist.- Myocardial Biopsy: Technical Aspects, Problems.- 4. Technical Aspects, Experiences, and Complications of Right and Left Ventricular Endomyocardial Biopsy.- 5. Myocardial Biopsies.- Myocardial Biopsy and Pathology in Cardiomyopathies.- 6. Postmortem Findings and Histologic, Histochemical, and Electron Microscopic Findings of Myocardial Biopsies.- 7. Light-Microscopic Evaluation of Myocardial Biopsies.- 8. Electron-Microscopic Findings in Congestive Cardiomyopathy.- 9. Ultrastructural Evaluations in Early and Advanced Congestive Cardiomyopathics.- 10. Myocardial Ultrastructure in Human Cardiac Hypertrophy.- 11. Endomyocardial Catheter Biopsy in Heart Disease of Unknown Etiology.- Influence of Hypertrophy and Ischemia on Morphologic Patterns.- 12. Ultrastructure of Left Atrial Myocardium in Patients With Mitral Valvular Disease.- 13. Hypertrophic and Degenerative Changes of the Myocardium and the Influence of Ischemia During Cardiac Surgey.- Ventricular Function and Angiography in Cardiomyopathies.- 14. Ventricular Function at Rest and During Exercise in Patients With Cardiomyopathy.- 15. Disorders of Left Ventricular Performance in Congestive and Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.- 16. Regional Left Ventricular Wall Motion in Congestive Cardiomyopathy.- 17. Evaluation of the Ventricular Septum by Biventricular Cineangiography in Congestive and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathies.- Noninvasive Methods and Other Diagnostic Procedures.- 18. Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Cardiomyopathies.- 19. Importance ofHeart Volume Determination and Electrocardiography in Early Diagnosis of Cardiomyopathy.- 20. Left Bundle Branch Block in Patients With and Without Cardiomyopathy.- 21. Immunologic Investigation in Patients With Cardiomyopathies.- Congestive Cardiomyopathy.- 22. Prognostic Significance of Endomyocardial Biopsy in Patients With Congestive Cardiomyopathy.- 23. Correlations Between Clinical and Morphologic Findings and Natural History in Congestive Cardiomyopathy.- Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.- 24. Natural History of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy and the Effect of Therapy.- 25. Analysis of Deaths in the Course of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.- 26. Indication for Surgical Treatment in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.- 27. Verapamil Treatment of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.- Conclusions.
