title: [The congestive cardiomiopathy. A clinical study of the hypotrophic-hypokinetic forms (congestive) (author's transl)].
abstract: Based on classifications proposed by Anglosaxon and French authors who were the first to become interested in the so-called cardiomyopathies of unknown origins, 41 cases clinically classified as hypotrophic-hypokinetic (congestive) cardiomyopathies are presented. After a period of clinical observation, 21 cases were studied hemodynamically, with ventriculography and coronaryarteriography, with phonocardiography (35 cases) and follow-up from some months to 6 years. Post mortem studies were performed in 6 patients, five of whom died of congestive heart failure or thromboembolism and one of sudden death. It was concluded that these entities are hypotrophic-hypokinetic cardiomyopathies with a clinical pattern of congestive heart failure and with unknown aethiologic factors. Treatment as far as indications and efficacy are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000790:Angiocardiography; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D010701:Phonocardiography
vernacular_title: La cardiomiopatia congestizia. Studio clinico delle forme ipotrofiche-ipocinetiche (congestizie)