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Cardiomyopathy

Cardio "pertaining to the heart"

Myo pertaining to the muscle in the heart

pathy disease pertaining to...

Let me take you on a journey to one of the major organs we have but not know too much about..

cardiomyopathy and its etiology: diseased heart that have many causes signs and symptoms as well as treatments.

To start let me give you a quick run through about the heart. The heart is a musclular organ about the size of a fist that pumps blood throughout a network of veins and arteries called cardiovascular system. Blood goes in and gets pumped out. As easy as it sounds...lets get a little more in depth ...your heart has four chambers beginning with your right atrium which received blood from your veins. Then it is moved to your right ventricle in which it is then sent to your lungs through your pulmonary arteries to pick up oxygen ( which is where the gas exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen take place, also know as terminal airways of the lungs aka Alveoli). Then the left atrium receives the oxygenated blood from your lungs and finally it is sent to your left ventricular also known as your strongest chamber where with its strong contraction pumps blood to your body through the