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What Causes Left Venticle Disease?

I am interested in learning more about the causes of left venticle disease...My sister was just diagnoised with this condition and hasn t yet gotten many answers. She was told that her left venticle is decreasing rapidly since her last check up a year ago.
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Hello! Thank you for asking on HCM! Regarding your concern I would explain that left ventricular dysfunction is the most wide and important chapter in cardiac pathology gallery. Almost every disease affecting the heart do involve to some degree LV function. Many different etiologies may be the reason:
(1) ischemic heart disease (unstable angina and myocardial infarction),
(2) valvular heart disease (valvular stenosis and/or regurgitation),
(3) different cardiomyopathies
(4) infective involvement of every cardiac component,
($) pericardial diseases
(5) persistent arrhythmia (atrial or ventricular),
(6) some systemic diseases, environmental factors (radiation, chemical compounds, etc), etc, etc.
So the list is ever lasting and expanding.
I don't know the medical history of your sister. If you bring some data, i could give a more concrete opinion.
Hope to have been helpful to you. Greetings!
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What Causes Left Venticle Disease?

Hello! Thank you for asking on HCM! Regarding your concern I would explain that left ventricular dysfunction is the most wide and important chapter in cardiac pathology gallery. Almost every disease affecting the heart do involve to some degree LV function. Many different etiologies may be the reason: (1) ischemic heart disease (unstable angina and myocardial infarction), (2) valvular heart disease (valvular stenosis and/or regurgitation), (3) different cardiomyopathies (4) infective involvement of every cardiac component, ($) pericardial diseases (5) persistent arrhythmia (atrial or ventricular), (6) some systemic diseases, environmental factors (radiation, chemical compounds, etc), etc, etc. So the list is ever lasting and expanding. I don t know the medical history of your sister. If you bring some data, i could give a more concrete opinion. Hope to have been helpful to you. Greetings!