It causes cardiac muscle cells to enlarge, thickening the heart wall. The heart pumps strongly but doesn't relax well during diastole when heart is filling. How does this cause death?
2007-08-01 00:23:25 · 5 answers · asked by freezerfairy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
When the cardiac muscles enlarge and thicken the heart wall, don't they make the heart wall stronger? isn't it the same for athletes? if so, then why will this cause death?
2007-08-01 00:28:54 · update #1
One of the main problems with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is that the heart muscle gets so thick that it cannot perfuse itself. That leads to subendocardial ischemia and infarction.
Dead muscle doesn't pump too well.
2007-08-01 06:56:04 · answer #1 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is always associated with sub aorticstenosis. The opening of Aorta from left ventricle is narrowed.Also the septum is more hypertrophied causing narrowing of aortic opening. Left ventricle has to pump blood against this resistance. So the left ventrcle fails . That is the cause of death.
2007-08-01 03:07:14 · answer #2 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
during the state of diastole the heart is sending blood back into the body, you figure it out.
2007-08-01 01:23:34 · answer #3 · answered by lilmamasessy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heart keeps functioning worse and worse. No cure other than a transplant.
2007-08-01 00:26:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
ever heard of overworked?
2007-08-01 02:41:16 · answer #5 · answered by furball 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋