What does cardiomalacia mean?

Cardiomalacia.

Pathological softening of the walls of the heart.

Explanation:

or/and A term of waning use for the pathological softening of cardiac muscle; while correct, because the softening is due to fatty change or necrosis, the more specific terms fatty infiltration of the heart or cardiac necrosis are preferable.

cardiomalacia. A term of waning use for the pathological softening of cardiac muscle; while correct, because the softening is due to fatty change or necrosis, the more specific terms fatty infiltration of the heart or cardiac necrosis are preferable.