The heart’s main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, becomes weaker, stretched, and larger in people with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). This makes it harder for the heart to pump blood effectively.

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) occurs when the ventricles of the heart dilate and weaken, reducing the heart’s ability to pump enough blood. DCM is a severe heart condition that often begins in ...

Scot tackles 100km desert trek two years after heart transplant - Fraser Wilson, 48, said the operation has been ‘life-changing’ for him.

A Scottish man from Glasgow competing in the British Transplant Games in Oxford will attempt a 100km trek through the Sahara Desert.

Cardiovascular disease is an umbrella term for many different conditions affecting heart function—including diseases of the valves or vessels—while cardiomyopathy affects the heart muscle ...

What Are the Symptoms of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... Other people develop symptoms, which progress and worsen as heart function worsens. Symptoms of HCM can occur at any age and may include ...

Heart failure is inextricably linked with dilated cardiomyopathy, or DCM, a disease characterized by the progressive enlargement of the heart and reduced contractility reflected by reduced ...

Affinia Therapeutics to Present New Data on its AFTX-201 Program in BAG3 Dilated Cardiomyopathy ... BAG3 DCM is a devastating monogenic heart disease affecting more than 70,000 patients in ...

[27] In contrast, in a more recent study, no significant difference was reported in the 5-year survival or time to heart transplantation in an unselected series of 30 patients with familial DCM ...