How to Use cardiomyopathy in a Sentence
cardiomyopathy
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The cause was cardiomyopathy, said his wife, Ruth Carr.
—Washington Post, 10 May 2018
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His son Michael said the cause was cardiomyopathy, a heart disease.
—Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
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The cause was cardiomyopathy, a heart muscle disease, said his son Michael Rowny.
—Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2017
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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
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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
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The cause was cardiomyopathy, said a son, Michael Cumberpatch.
—Washington Post, 23 May 2017
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This stress can lead to rapid-onset cardiomyopathy, or weakening of the heart muscle.
—Serena Coady, SELF, 9 Feb. 2022
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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
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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
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Structural heart problems (termed cardiomyopathies) are sometimes the cause of these abnormal heart rhythms.
—William B. Farquhar, Washington Post, 17 June 2017
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He was later diagnosed with viral cardiomyopathy, a virus that settles in the heart.
—Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 15 Sep. 2017
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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
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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
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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
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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
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An autopsy revealed that Rumph, 21, died of cardiomyopathy, an inflammation of the heart.
—Mike Jensen, Philly.com, 8 Aug. 2017
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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
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Cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy also tend to form clots.
—Sumeet Kulkarni, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022
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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
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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
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In very serious cases, cardiomyopathy can cause stroke or sudden death.
—Bartie Scott, Teen Vogue, 21 Aug. 2018
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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
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Dilated cardiomyopathy is a rare disease that can possibly lead to heart failure.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2022
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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
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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
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Further tests indicated this was a case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, which is most common in postmenopausal women.
—Karin Brulliard, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2017
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The causes of the condition, also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, are not fully understood.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 9 July 2020
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Her son was rushed to the hospital, underwent surgery and was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
—Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023
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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
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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
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