Is it possible to have a post-mortum diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy and never present with symptoms before death?
2007-03-26 14:39:56 · 2 answers · asked by behscientist 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
unfortunately, the person was not showing symptoms. In further discussion with med examiner, this person was so fit that it went undetected. However, the heart went into an arrythmia which caused sudden death.
2007-03-27 04:04:13 · update #1
The simple answer is yes
2007-03-26 16:04:05 · answer #1 · answered by Devildoc432 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I suppose it is possible. The person almost certainly was having symptoms - general fatigue, etc - that were simply not recognized as coming from dilated heart muscle. Having a dilated heart does not necessarily mean that the person had congestive failure.
Your question implies that the cause of death was actually from cardiomyopathy...I suppose that is possible, too, especially if the presenting symptom was ventricular tachycardia (an abnormal fatal rhythm associated with cardiomyopathy - often occurring suddenly and without prompting) Implantable defibrillators are the treatment of choice in patients who are known to be at risk.
I hope this helps.
2007-03-26 15:59:24 · answer #2 · answered by c_schumacker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋