A doctor orders a blood-thinning medication for a 2 year old with known cardiomyopathy. The type of cardiomyopathy that may require blood-thinning medications would be:
1. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
2. Restrictive cardiomyopathy.
3. Dilated cardiomyopathy.
4. Chronic cardiomyopathy.
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1. The heart enlarges with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and has leaky valves, but blood flows through at an adequate rate, decreasing the risk for clotting.
2. Restrictive cardiomyopathy makes the heart rigid, so blood does not have time to pool to create clots.
3. Dilated cardiomyopathy has slow-moving blood because the heart is not effectively pumping blood out of the chambers, increasing clot formation.
4. Chronic is not a type of cardiomyopathy.
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