type of cardiomyopathy and condition of disease, but may include medication (conservative treatment) or iatrogenic/implanted pacemakers for slow heart rates, defibrillators for those prone to fatal heart rhythms, ventricular assist devices (VADs) for severe heart failure, or catheter ablation for recurring dysrhythmias that cannot be eliminated by medication or mechanical cardioversion. The goal of treatment is often symptom relief, and some patients may eventually require a heart transplant. See also Myopathy, a condition affecting skeletal muscles Fibrosing cardiomyopathy, a disease in great apes Basic Research in Cardiology References Further reading External links Wikipedia medicine articles ready to translate Wikipedia emergency medicine articles ready to translate