The progression of<unk>  and its clinical course is poorly understood in comparison to<unk> . Despite this, patients with<unk>  and<unk>  appear to have comparable outcomes in terms of hospitalization and mortality. Causes of death in patients vary substantially. However, among patients in more advanced<unk><unk>  (NYHA classes II-IV), cardiovascular death, including<unk>  attacks and sudden cardiac death, was the predominant cause in population-based studies. Until recently, it was generally assumed that the prognosis for individuals with diastolic dysfunction and associated intermittent pulmonary edema was better than those with systolic dysfunction. In fact, in two studies appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2006, evidence was presented to suggest that the prognosis in diastolic dysfunction is the same as that in systolic dysfunction.
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Ischemic cardiomyopathy
Diabetic cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Restrictive cardiomyopathy
Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
Amyloid cardiomyopathy