2024-04-01 13:27:12
EBS <명의> The episode ‘Heart Muscles Hurt – Cardiomyopathy’ will be broadcast on EBS1TV at 9:55 pm today, the 8th (Friday).
Cardiomyopathy is not as well known as cardiovascular disease, but it is a scary disease that can lead to sudden death in severe cases. Cardiomyopathy is even more scary because it is not well known. What is the cause and how can it be treated and prevented?
Tonight on EBS <명의> In the ‘Heart Muscle Hurts – Cardiomyopathy’ episode, Professor Kim Wook-seong, a cardiac surgeon, and Professor Sang-cheol Lee, a cardiologist, learn about the causes and symptoms of cardiomyopathy, treatment methods, and ways to maintain heart health.
What if you feel out of breath even after walking a little? ‘Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy’
A woman in her 50s said she felt out of breath as if she had run 100 meters just by climbing a few stairs. Test results showed that her patient had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a disease in which the heart muscle becomes hard or thick without any obvious cause, such as high blood pressure or valve disease. When the heart muscle thickens, the outflow passage of the left ventricle, which pumps blood from the heart, narrows, preventing blood from being smoothly supplied to the entire body. Symptoms such as difficulty breathing, dizziness, and chest pain appear, and in severe cases, sudden death may occur. Therefore, it is very important to diagnose and treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy early. However, the patient was said to have been going from hospital to hospital without knowing the cause. Professor Kim Wook-seong, a cardiac surgeon, says that it is difficult to diagnose cardiomyopathy without a detailed examination.
So, in what cases should cardiomyopathy be suspected and what tests should be performed? We learn more about the causes and symptoms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with cardiac surgeon Professor Kim Wook-seong.
Thickened heart muscle causes sudden death! ‘Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and arrhythmia’
A man in his 50s who runs a business in Wando, Jeollanam-do. Although he looks lively, just six years ago, he suddenly collapsed while working at a restaurant and had to ride an ambulance from Wando to Seoul, going back and forth between life and death. What threatened him was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and arrhythmia resulting from its complications. After surgery, the patient is now free from the fear of sudden death and is living a comfortable life.
The reason cardiomyopathy is scary is because it causes other complications. The most representative one is arrhythmia, and one particularly dangerous one is ventricular fibrillation, which causes the heart to beat quickly and irregularly. Ventricular fibrillation is the most important cause of heart attack and requires active action. Why does hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cause arrhythmia? How is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy accompanied by arrhythmia operated and treated? We learn about the relationship between cardiomyopathy and arrhythmia, surgery, and treatment with Professor Kim Wook-seong, a cardiologist, and Professor Sang-cheol Lee, a cardiologist.
A heart that has lost its strength, ‘dilated cardiomyopathy’
A woman in her 40s who complained of frequent coughing and fatigue. After giving birth, she thought it was due to a decline in her physical strength, but she fainted several times and eventually went to the hospital. Test results showed she had dilated cardiomyopathy. Dilated cardiomyopathy is a disease in which the heart muscles become stretched and the heart enlarges. When the heart muscle stretches, the muscle becomes thinner and its contractility becomes weaker, which reduces its pumping function to pump blood, resulting in heart failure.
The patient has been receiving regular tests since being diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy and is receiving both medication and diet therapy. Can dilated cardiomyopathy be treated with medication without surgery? Also, why do I need to control my diet? Learn about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy with Professor Lee Sang-cheol of the Department of Cardiology.
Protect our body’s engine, the heart muscle!
The heart that supplies blood to our body. When the heart muscle becomes thick or thin and its contractile power decreases, the pumping function of the heart does not function smoothly, and our body experiences difficulties in vital activities. Professor Sang-cheol Lee of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine urged attention not only to cardiovascular diseases but also to the heart muscle. The engine heart of our body. And the muscles that make up the heart. Let’s clearly learn everything about the heart muscle that we didn’t know much about with two people.
Friday the 8th, 9:55 p.m., EBS 1TV <명의> In the ‘Heart Muscle Pain – Cardiomyopathy’ section, we learn how to protect the heart muscle with Professor Kim Wook-seong, a cardiac surgeon, and Professor Sang-cheol Lee, a cardiologist.
Photo by Reporter Park So-gi EBS 1TV <명의>
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2024-04-01 13:27:12