Patient's question:
Recently, I don't know why I've been feeling uncomfortable in my heart. Although I often take medication to control it, the effect is not obvious. When I went to the hospital for a check-up, they also prescribed medication. Could you please tell me what the ultrasound characteristics of dilated cardiomyopathy are?Doctor's answer:
Dilated cardiomyopathy can be divided into three stages: asymptomatic stage, symptomatic stage, and advanced stage. The symptoms of these three stages are different and not specific, and from the perspective of the disease, these symptoms do not have diagnostic significance. The diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy is mainly assisted by color Doppler echocardiography. Patients with left ventricular or bilateral ventricular expansion and impaired ventricular contraction function can be diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. In addition, some patients' atypical color Doppler magnetic resonance imaging is similar to the symptoms and manifestations of coronary heart disease patients, and it is sometimes difficult to identify. In this case, coronary angiography is required.