Cardiomyopathy: The Good, the Bad...and the Insurable?
Joy Geiger, RN, BSN, ALMI

 
The wide spectrum of disease severity and the variable long term outcomes of cardiomyopathies make these case histories especially challenging for the underwriter. This session will provide a broad overview of the types and etiologies of cardiomyopathies, their clinical presentations, a review of standard diagnostic testing, and an update of current treatment modalities. More importantly, the speaker will define specific risk stratification criteria in order to appropriately and fairly categorize cases more, or less, favorably.