Cardiovascular Disease: Heart Failure/NIC
Heart Failure (HF)
Law enforcement officers (LEOs) with mild heart failure (HF) may be capable of safe and effective job performance. However, ...
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
LEOs with HCM and a normal left ventricle size may be capable of safe and effective job performance. However,...
Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)
LEOs with mild DCM may be capable of safe and effective job performance. However, DCM increases the risk of sudden...
Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, previously known as “arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy” is a pri...
Myocarditis
Myocarditis is one type of cardiomyopathy due to infection, inflammation, or immune reaction....
Heart Transplant
Most heart transplants patients will be unable to perform the essential job functions of a LEO due to their risk of sudden car...
Appendix A
Heart Failure (HF)
HF is a complex clinical syndrome that results from any struct...
References
Yancy CW, Jessup M, Bozkurt B, et al. 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of heart failure: a report of the American Co...