Can hypertension masquerade as congestive cardiomyopathy?
Cardiomyopathy and hypertension are both common in Black patients, and confusion may arise between them. A series of 19 patients admitted to hospital in congestive cardiac failure had been diagnosed as cases of cardiomyopathy but were shown to have persistent hypertension. The differential diagnosis is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged