LVNC is a structural heart problem that develops before birth. Later in life, it can cause symptoms like shortness of breath, irregular heart rhythms, and chest pain. Treatments include medications ...

Non-compaction cardiomyopathy is a heart condition caused by defects that arise during fetal development and can have diverse health impacts in affected individuals, including sudden cardiac death.

University of Houston pharmacologist Mingfu Wu has been awarded $2.5 million from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to explore the cause of and therapeutic treatment for left ventricular ...

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 the left ...

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.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a form of acute and sometimes severe cardiac degeneration that leads to clinical heart failure during pregnancy or in the early postpartum period. The disorder is ...

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) in first pregnancies significantly increased the risk for dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), with an early onset of 5.1 years postpartum compared with 10.6 years ...