How to Use cardiomyopathy in a Sentence

cardiomyopathy

noun

• The cause was cardiomyopathy, said his wife, Ruth Carr.
  — Washington Post, 10 May 2018
• His son Michael said the cause was cardiomyopathy, a heart disease.
  — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
• The cause was cardiomyopathy, a heart muscle disease, said his son Michael Rowny.
  — Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2017
• Or the tissues of the organ itself can be weakened, as in cardiomyopathy, so that the muscle fails to pump enough blood throughout the body.
  — Thomas Goetz, WIRED, 17 Nov. 2007
• His wife, Patricia Sovern, said the cause was amyloid cardiomyopathy, in which clumps of protein build up in the heart tissue.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2020
• The cause was cardiomyopathy, said a son, Michael Cumberpatch.
  — Washington Post, 23 May 2017
• This stress can lead to rapid-onset cardiomyopathy, or weakening of the heart muscle.
  — Serena Coady, SELF, 9 Feb. 2022
• His wife, Patricia Sovern, said the cause was amyloid cardiomyopathy, in which clumps of protein build up in heart tissue.
  — Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2020
• In 2013, Travis was hospitalized due to viral cardiomyopathy, a virus that attacks the heart, and then suffered a stroke.
  — Kristin M. Hall, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2019
• Structural heart problems (termed cardiomyopathies) are sometimes the cause of these abnormal heart rhythms.
  — William B. Farquhar, Washington Post, 17 June 2017
• He was later diagnosed with viral cardiomyopathy, a virus that settles in the heart.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 15 Sep. 2017
• Guidelines Unchanged An unusual pattern of cardiomyopathy, a sign of an enlarged and damaged heart, was seen in both male and female rats, the study found.
  — Jaclyn Gallucci, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2018
• Of the runners who died, the No. 1 autopsy finding was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which is an enlarged heart.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2018
• Miller had dealt with his own tragedy in the summer of 2016 when Dayton center Steve McElvene died from a heart condition known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
  — USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2017
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young people and athletes over 35.
  — Korin Miller, Health.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• An autopsy revealed that Rumph, 21, died of cardiomyopathy, an inflammation of the heart.
  — Mike Jensen, Philly.com, 8 Aug. 2017
• Tribal council member Vickie Simmons watched her brother, a former coal plant worker, die at age 31 from cardiomyopathy, the same thing that killed a fellow young plant worker down the street.
  — Evan Halper, latimes.com, 15 May 2018
• Cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy also tend to form clots.
  — Sumeet Kulkarni, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022
• Turner is one of a growing list of pet owners whose healthy-sounding dog food may have somehow led to a serious heart problem in their pets called dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2019
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is when the walls of a person’s heart thicken and can cause sudden arrhythmia with no prior symptoms.
  — Wendy Tzou, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2023
• In very serious cases, cardiomyopathy can cause stroke or sudden death.
  — Bartie Scott, Teen Vogue, 21 Aug. 2018
• This condition is known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy, named for the shape the heart takes on, which resembles a Japanese octopus fishing pot called a takotsubo.
  — NBC News, 25 Sep. 2019
• Dilated cardiomyopathy is a rare disease that can possibly lead to heart failure.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2022
• In March 2017, the coroner revealed that the singer died of natural causes and suffered a dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver.
  — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 27 Dec. 2019
• Over the course of the study, Snyder and other researchers discovered instances of high blood pressure, cardiomyopathy, and even early-stage cancer, before any of the participants showed symptoms.
  — Kevin Wheeler, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2019
• Further tests indicated this was a case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, which is most common in postmenopausal women.
  — Karin Brulliard, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• The causes of the condition, also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, are not fully understood.
  — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 9 July 2020
• Her son was rushed to the hospital, underwent surgery and was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
  — Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023
• It can easily be mistaken for other cardiomyopathies, Dr. Gerhard says, and heart-muscle thickening (for any reason) is often just attributed to elevated blood pressure when there could be more going on.
  — Julia Ries, SELF, 18 Oct. 2023
• According to the coroner investigating the singer's death, Michael had been suffering from dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver.
  — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 2 July 2023

Last Updated: 30 Jul 2024