A condition of cardiac cirrhosis; a pathological hardening or scarring of heart tissue, often resulting from chronic heart disease or congestion.
From cardio- (Greek kardia, 'heart') + cirrhosis (from Greek kirrhos, 'tawny' or 'orange-yellow,' referring to the discolored scarred tissue). Medical term combining Greek roots describing cardiac scarring.
Cirrhosis is most famous as a liver condition, but the same scarring process can happen to the heart—chronic heart disease creates scar tissue that makes the heart increasingly stiff and less able to pump effectively.
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