Cardiovascular Disease: Heart Failure and Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathies

Introduction Law enforcement officers (LEOs) with known cardiovascular disease (CVD) may be capable of safe and ...

Overview of Medical Evaluation CVD represents several distinct medical conditions. Therefore, the evaluative cri...

back to LEO Heart Failure (HF) Law enforcement officers (LEOs) with mild heart failure (HF) may be capable of...

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)
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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...