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Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Dilated cardiomyopathy is enlargement and impaired contraction of one or both ventricles. Most common cardiomyopathy. Causes: idiopathic, ischemic, alcoholic, peripartum, genetic.
DCM
dilated cardiomyopathy
congestive cardiomyopathy
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Cardiomyopathy is the name for 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 compli…
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NCT06607471
Non-ischemic cardiomyopathies (NICM) represent a heterogeneous group of pathologies characterized by absence of obstructive disease of the epicardial coronary vessels and distinct structural and functional changes of the myocardium. The ma…
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NCT05760924
Heart failure (HF) is the most common nosology encountered in clinical practice. Its incidence and prevalence increase exponentially with increasing age and it is associated with the increased mortality, more frequent hospitalization and d…
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NCT05965258
The goal of the current research is to develop personalized risk prediction for functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) patients through explainable unsupervised phenomapping enriched with advanced cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging bi…
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NCT05321875
Prospective, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial to evaluate safety and efficacy of candesartan in the prevention of the development of Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) in genetic carriers of a DCM-causing…
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NCT05564689
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is an effective therapeutic strategy in patients with symptomatic heart failure (HF) patients with LVEF of ≤35% and left bundle branch block (LBBB). However, approximately one-third of CRT-recipients…
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NCT04476901
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an experimental drug called human allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell therapy.
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NCT07137338
This is a Phase 1, open-label, dose-escalation trial to characterize the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of RP-A701 following a single IV administration in high-risk adult patients with BAG3-DCM.
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NCT06356727
Patients presenting with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and left ventricle dysfunction (LVEF \
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Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy is the name for 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 compli…
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