Brief Answer: Most of these cardiomyopathies reversible Detailed Answer: Dear patient, Thanks for the query. Most post viral cardiomyopathies resolve on their own with time, and if they did not present with florid heart failure, likely the heart will heal itself. You should follow up with your cardiologist for a repeat Echo in a few month to compare for normalization. The same thing is true for the stress induced cardiomyopathy syndromes, but I highly doubt that that is your case, since almost 90% of them happen in post-menopausal females after a supraphysiologic stress, such as major surgery, death of a loved one, severe infection, etc, not just stress from day to day life. You will certainly benefit from regaular exercise to relieve stress, as well as other relaxation strategies; if ineffective, you may need to see your primary doctor to help with medications to control chronic anxiety. Hope this helps, wish you the best, Dr Brenes-Salazar MD Mayo Clinic Cardiology

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Brief Answer: Agree Detailed Answer: I agree that treatment with beta blocker for now appears reasonable; these are causes of a reversible cardiomyopathy, there are other irreversible causes in which the outcomes are not as good, but my hope (and probably your cardiologist's expectation as well) is that this would be a transient process. Cheers

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