The Relevance of Preventive Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICDs) in Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy in the Presence of Effective Quadruple Therapy for Heart Failure: A Review of Contemporary Medical Literature.

Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the cardiomyocytes that affects their structural function, leading to heart failure (HF). Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) includes a subtype of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM), and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). These types of cardiomyopathies have no coronary artery vessel involvement.

Rare Presentation of Mimicking Prostate Cancer.

is primarily known to affect the lungs with cavitary lesions and enlarged lymph nodes as the first telltale sign. However, if the bacteria spread to extrapulmonary areas such as the bones, and lack lymphadenopathy, then the differential diagnosis may become misleading. We present a case of a 68-year-old male patient with a chief complaint of chronic left hip pain upon which computer tomography identified lytic lesions on the left hip.