RT Book, Section
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.
SR Print(0)
ID 1161733377
T1 DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
T2 Hurst's The Heart, 14e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843249
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161733377
RD 2024/04/20
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