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Symptoms are similar to those of congestive heart failure. You may feel weak, very tired, and short of breath. Many patients have swelling in their legs (called edema). You may also find that you are sick to your stomach, bloated, and do not feel like eating. These symptoms most likely result from a buildup of fluid around your liver, stomach, and intestines. An irregular heartbeat (called an arrhythmia) and a condition called heart block are also common in restrictive cardiomyopathy.

Many people with restrictive cardiomyopathy have no symptoms or only minor symptoms, and live a normal life. Other people develop symptoms, which progress and worsen as heart function worsens.

Symptoms Of Restrictive Cardiomyopathy:

1.Palpitations (fluttering in the chest due to abnormal heart rhythms).
2.Fainting (caused by irregular heart rhythms, abnormal responses of the blood vessels during exercise, or no cause may be found).
3.Weight gain
4.Fatigue (feeling overly tired).
5.Swelling of the lower extremities.
6.Heart failure symptoms (shortness of breath and fatigue).
7.Chest pain or pressure (occurs usually with exercise or physical activity, but can also occur with rest or after meals).

Restrictive cardiomyopathy causes heart failure (see Heart Failure) with shortness of breath and fluid accumulation in tissues (edema). Chest pain and fainting (syncope) are less likely than in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, but abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) and awareness of heartbeats (palpitations) are common. Usually, symptoms do not occur during rest, because in restrictive cardiomyopathy, the heart can supply the body with enough blood and oxygen during rest, even though the stiff heart resists filling with blood. Symptoms occur during exercise, when the stiff heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body’s increased need for blood and oxygen.