TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY A1 - Arbustini, Eloisa A1 - Serio, Alessandra A1 - Favalli, Valentina A1 - Dec, G. William A1 - Narula, Jagat A2 - Fuster, Valentin A2 - Harrington, Robert A. A2 - Narula, Jagat A2 - Eapen, Zubin J. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Hurst's The Heart, 14e AB - Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a chronic heart muscle disease characterized by “the presence of dilatation and systolic impairment of the left or both ventricles unexplained by abnormal loading conditions or coronary artery disease sufficient to cause the observed myocardial dilation and dysfunction.”1 According to the American Heart Association (AHA) classification, “dilated forms of cardiomyopathy are characterized by ventricular chamber enlargement and systolic dysfunction with normal left ventricular (LV) wall thickness.”2 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161733377 ER -