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Blood flow from the heart may be reduced or restricted (called obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy). In arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), the proteins that usually hold the heart muscle cells together are abnormal. Muscle cells can die and the dead muscle tissue is replaced with fatty and fibrous scar tissue. The heart chambers are reduced in size so they cannot hold much blood, and the walls cannot relax properly and may stiffen. Also, the flow of blood through the heart may be obstructed. How serious is it?

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A battery can be considered dead after the charge is fully used up. Electrical components are similar in this fashion, in the case that it may not be able to be used again, such as after a spill of water on the components, [139] the component can be considered dead. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is thought to affect 1 in 500 people in the UK. Most people inherit the disease from their parents. More information The concept of death is the key to human understanding of the phenomenon. [17] There are many scientific approaches and various interpretations of the concept. Additionally, the advent of life-sustaining therapy and the numerous criteria for defining death from both a medical and legal standpoint have made it difficult to create a single unifying definition. [18] Defining life to define death A flower, a skull, and an hourglass stand for life, death, and time in this 17th-century painting by Philippe de Champaigne. The Qurʼan: an encyclopedia. Oliver Leaman. London: Routledge. 2006. ISBN 0203176448. OCLC 68963889. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020 . Retrieved 6 December 2022. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: others ( link) Life extension refers to an increase in maximum or average lifespan, especially in humans, by slowing down or reversing the processes of aging through anti-aging measures. Although aging is the most common cause of death worldwide, it is socially mostly ignored as such and seen as "necessary" and "inevitable" anyway, which is why little money is spent on research into anti-aging therapies, a phenomenon known as pro-aging trance. [46]

Most types of cardiomyopathy are inherited. It can also be caused by other conditions, or risk factors, but for some people the cause is unknown. Cardiomyopathy can affect people of all ages. Dilated cardiomyopathy