Definition of infiltrative cardiomyopathy

Definition of infiltrative cardiomyopathy, infiltrative cardiomyopathy is a disease in which fat or other harmful substances infiltrate into cardiomyocytes, causing myocardial ischemia and myocardial hypertrophy. Symptoms that appear include palpitations, panic, tightness of breath, dyspnea, chest suffocation, chest pain, dizziness, syncope, etc. One or several of these clinical manifestations may occur. The etiology of infiltrative cardiomyopathy is fatty infiltrative cardiomyopathy caused by an obese, fatty diet. The tests for infiltrative cardiomyopathy include electrocardiogram, which may show myocardial ischemia, and cardiac ultrasound, which may show reduced ejection fraction, increased wall thickness in the left atrium or left ventricle, and one or more of the four cardiopulmonary parameters may be elevated. Treatment is to improve myocardial oxygenation, anti-myocardial ischemia, and myocardial nutrition.