A cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle (myocardium).    From Wordnik.com.  [Cardiomyopathy] Reference

Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common type in both adults and children.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cardiomyopathy] Reference

Restrictive cardiomyopathy is the rarest type of cardiomyopathy in children.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cardiomyopathy] Reference

This type of cardiomyopathy is relatively rare in infants and children, but more common in adolescents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cardiomyopathy] Reference

Sometimes the cardiomyopathy is inherited (passed down through families because of a genetic difference).    From Wordnik.com.  [Cardiomyopathy] Reference

Noncompaction cardiomyopathy is characterized by a spongy appearance of the heart muscle on echocardiography.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cardiomyopathy] Reference

A serious heart disease known as cardiomyopathy has been found in about half of stranded pygmy whales.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories: Local News] Reference

This young mum from Brisbane contracted a fatal condition called cardiomyopathy, probably while pregnant with her son Mani.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Heart muscle inflammation called cardiomyopathy, with three main types: dilated, the most common type; hypertrophic; and restrictive.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 10 Best Questions™ for Recovering from a Heart Attack] Reference

What she got was this crushing diagnosis: cardiomyopathy, meaning she had an enlarged heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [JSOnline.com] Reference

"real story" behind stress cardiomyopathy which is sometimes referred to as the.    From Wordnik.com.  [About.com Marriage] Reference

The Dr. is 90% sure it's hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.    From Wordnik.com.  [brile Diary Entry] Reference

So, he had had -- it was an ascemic (ph) cardiomyopathy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2001] Reference

There are many different causes of dilated cardiomyopathy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cardiomyopathy] Reference

But it was cardiomyopathy, it was not a coronary heart disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 16, 2004] Reference

Rachel's father had what they called an end-stage cardiomyopathy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

And I went back to Houston and I had another bout with cardiomyopathy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2007] Reference

The level of care will vary depending on the severity of the cardiomyopathy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cardiomyopathy] Reference

This is stress - induced cardiomyopathy, peculiar to women, particularly women.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2005] Reference

Patients with cardiomyopathy are treated with beta blockers and ACE-inhibitors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Childhood Cancer Survivors Face New Threats as Adults] Reference

He showed no signs of cardiomyopathy, but his blood lipoprotein level was elevated.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Genetic Testing May Spot Disease Risk] Reference

Then, three years after finishing treatment, Ms. King was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Childhood Cancer Survivors Face New Threats as Adults] Reference

The treatment options vary widely depending on the type and severity of the cardiomyopathy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cardiomyopathy] Reference

And while he said that the cardiomyopathy came from an infection, what about those other two?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2004] Reference

GUPTA: After years of misdiagnosis, doctors finally realize she had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 22, 2005] Reference

GUPTA: After years of misdiagnosis, doctors finally realized she had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2005] Reference

JASON: I just wanted to say that I am a receiver of adult stem cells for idiopathic cardiomyopathy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is Stem Cell Research Making Progress?] Reference

But in rare cases, the first manifestation of cardiomyopathy is an arrhythmia causing sudden death.    From Wordnik.com.  [Childhood Cancer Survivors Face New Threats as Adults] Reference

In 2000, the NHLBI did its best to describe peripartum cardiomyopathy despite the information vacuum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rare heart condition hits moms-to-be] Reference

KING: Do we -- we don't know how Dr. Atkins, then, got that cardiomyopathy, or however it's pronounced?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 16, 2004] Reference

O'BRIEN: Can I ask you a question about this heart infection and that being the cause of cardiomyopathy?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 11, 2004] Reference

I went to Houston and they diagnosed -- Dr. DeBakey and his team diagnosed me with cardiomyopathy caused by a virus.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2007] Reference

Mobley on Thursday announced his retirement from the NBA because of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a genetic heart disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

(Also called HOCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, asymmetrical septal hypertrophy/ASH, or idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis/IHSS).    From Wordnik.com.  [Cardiac terms and definitions] Reference

Richard had somehow developed a rare and mysterious form of heart failure called peripartum cardiomyopathy, which strikes pregnant women.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rare heart condition hits moms-to-be] Reference

Dilated cardiomyopathy and atrioventricular conduction blocks induced by heart-specific inactivation of mitochondrial DNA gene expression.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information] Reference