Dilated Cardiomyopathy – Prof. Gerry Carr-White

This is a recording from the Cardiomyopathy UK 2022 Conference.
Our conference events bring together leading cardiomyopathy clinicians to present and respond to audience questions.
In this video, Professor Gerry Carr-White - Vice President of Cardiomyopathy UK, discusses Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM).
Key Topics:
00:00:47 – What is dilated cardiomyopathy?
00:02:43 – What is the ‘Spectrum of DCM’?
00:03:25 – What is myocarditis?
00:04:00 – What is heart failure?
00:08:12 – What does a dilated cardiomyopathy look like on imaging tools?
00:09:10 – What is restrictive cardiomyopathy?
00:09:32 – What is arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy?
00:12:07 – How many people have dilated cardiomyopathy?
00:12:38 – What causes dilated cardiomyopathy?
00:14:52 – How is dilated cardiomyopathy managed?
00:17:08 – What genes cause dilated cardiomyopathy?
00:22:38 – What is the non-pharmacological management of dilated cardiomyopathy?
00:25:30 – What are the pharmacological therapies for dilated cardiomyopathy?
00:29:53 - Beta-blockers
00:35:00 – Can you stop taking medicines when you feel better?
00:36:18 – What are the mental health issues associated with cardiomyopathy?
00:38:08 – Sexual dysfunction and dilated cardiomyopathy
00:39:19 – Vaccines and dilated cardiomyopathy
00:40:18 – Equality and diversity in dilated cardiomyopathy
00:40:51 – Self-care and monitoring dilated cardiomyopathy
00:43:40 – Compliance with medicines for dilated cardiomyopathy
00:45:00 – Drugs to avoid in dilated cardiomyopathy
00:45:19 – Salt and fluid restriction in dilated cardiomyopathy
00:46:44 – Carers of those with dilated cardiomyopathy
00:47:09 – Palliative care in dilated cardiomyopathy
00:48:32 – Devices: defibrillators, pacemakers, LVAD and CRT implants
00:51:56 – COVID and dilated cardiomyopathy
00:52:20 – New therapies in dilated cardiomyopathy
00:53:12 – Coronary artery disease and dilated cardiomyopathy
00:54:47 – Lifestyle – smoking, weight, exercise, alcohol and diet
00:55:43 – Preparing for your appointments – what you should do and ask

Audience questions:
00:58:08 – How different are outcomes depending on whether you attend a specialist or general cardiac centre?
01:00:00 – My ejection fraction has always been between 25-28%. Is there anything else I can do to increase my ejection fraction?
01:01:40 – Is short-term memory affected by medicines used to treat dilated cardiomyopathy?
01:03:15 – Is it necessary to have an MRI before having an ICD fitted?
01:05:20 – You mentioned two drugs that are less likely to cause sexual dysfunction – what were those?
01:06:44 – Will ICDs be MRI-compatible in the future?
01:08:20 – What is the strength of evidence for dapagliflozin in dilated cardiomyopathy?
01:10:11 – How much should me ejection fraction increase once I start the drug regime? Does exercise increase ejection fraction?
01:13:04 – Do the contrast agents used in some MRI or CT scans cause or worsen eczema?
01:14:01 – Should everyone with dilated cardiomyopathy be genetically tested?
01:16:00 – I suffer from extreme fatigue. Is there an other things I can do to reduce the fatigue?
01:17:46 – Can there be more than one cause of a dilated cardiomyopathy?
01:19:31 – How important is fluid restriction? How often should ejection fraction be monitored?
01:20:58 – Should you avoid high altitudes with dilated cardiomyopathy?
01:21:46 – Is there any new technology available to monitor ejection fraction at home?
01:23:33 – Is therapy for dilated cardiomyopathy with left bundle branch block (LBBB) any different?

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