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Cardiomyopathy - heart muscle disorders
Guide picks
A list of sites providing information on the cardiomyopathies - diseases causing weakness of the heart muscle.

Cardiomyopathy and heart failure
A review of cardiomyopathy: what causes it, how it is treated, and what to expect from your doctor. By your Guide.

Overview of cardiomyopathy from the NHLBI
A useful overview of the cardiomyopathies.

Cardiomyopathy from the Merck Manual
A very readable review of cardiomyopathy from the Merck Manual Home Edition.

A brief review of cardiomyopathy
From the Texas Heart Institute

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - HCM
A review of the most common of congenital heart diseases - causes, diagnosis and treatment, with emphasis on preventing sudden death. From your Guide.

Heart muscle disease
Everything you might want to know, from the Yale Medical School Heart Book, a book aimed at a general audience. Very comprehensive. An excellent resource. Requires Adobe Acrobat

Cardiomyopathy
A brief review from Intellihealth.com

The Cardiomyopathy Association
Well-presented information and support for patients and families

CRT - cardiac resynchronization therapy
This new treatment for heart failure impresses many doctors.

Bighearted - a support group for postpartum cardiomyopathy
Bighearted is a support group for women with postpartum cardiomyopathy, started and maintained by Cara Randall. The group is brand new, so get in on the ground floor.

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