James B. Young
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LOCATION: United States
Medical Director, Kaufman Center for Heart Failure. Head, Section of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio.
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Cardiomyopathy, any cardiac disease process that results in heart failure due to a decrease in the pumping power of the heart or due to an impairment in the filling of the cardiac chambers. Persons with cardiomyopathy frequently retain excess fluid, resulting in congestion of the lungs, and have…
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