Restrictive cardiomyopathy
Alternate Names : Cardiomyopathy - restrictive, Infiltrative cardiomyopathy
Symptoms & Signs
Diagnosis & Tests
An examination may show: - Signs of heart failure
- Fluid backup into the lungs, hands and feet, gastrointestinal tract, and liver
- Distended neck veins
- Lung crackles and abnormal or distant heart sounds when listening to the chest with a stethoscope (auscultation)
Tests for restrictive cardiomyopathy include: Restrictive cardiomyopathy may be hard to tell apart from constrictive pericarditis. A biopsy of the heart muscle or cardiac catheterization may help confirm the diagnosis.
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