By definition it is a disease affects heart muscle, The heart muscle of left ventricle become thin wall and dilated with poor contractility and could not push the blood properly overall the body.
How DCM manifests?
First of all, it may be symptom free, but when the disease developed heart failure it manifests by:
What are the causes of dilated cardiomyopathy?
Diagnosis: it depends on
Is DCM treatable?
Yes, definitely it is, the primary goal is to improve cardiac function and relieve symptoms.
Dilated cardiomyopathy needs to followed by cardiologist on regular basis.
Medication are used to treat symptoms, reverse heart damage and to prevent further deterioration of cardiac performance.
Medications like beta blockers (bisolol, nebivolol…) – ACEI (perindopril, enalapril…) –
diuretics ( frusemide – chlorthalidone – spironolactone).
In advanced cases we insert some new instrument like ICD (implantable cardioverter-defibrillator) and CRT (cardiac resynchronization therapy).
Consultation + ECG + Echocardiography = 1400 AED
Consultation + ECG + Echocardiography + Stress Tests= 1900 AED