Dr Lalitha Badul
Treatment varies depending on how damaged your heart is due to cardiomyopathy and the resulting symptoms.
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Some people may not require treatment until symptoms appear. Others who are beginning to struggle with breathlessness or chest pain may need to make some lifestyle adjustments or take medications.
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You can’t reverse or cure cardiomyopathy, but you can control it with some of the following options:
• heart-healthy lifestyle changes.
• medications, including those used to treat high blood pressure, prevent water retention, keep the heart beating with a normal rhythm, prevent blood clots, and reduce inflammation.
• surgically implanted devices, like pacemakers and defibrillators.
• surgery.
• heart transplant, which is considered a last resort.
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The goal of treatment is to help your heart be as efficient as possible and to prevent further damage and loss of function.
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