Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
GW Dec, V Fuster - New England Journal of Medicine, 1994 - Mass Medical Soc
GW Dec, V Fuster
New England Journal of Medicine, 1994•Mass Medical SocIdiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) is a primary myocardial disease of unknown cause
characterized by left ventricular or biventricular dilatation and impaired myocardial
contractility1. Depending on the diagnostic criteria used, the reported annual incidence
varies between 5 and 8 cases per 100,000 population2–5. However, the true incidence is
probably underestimated by those figures, since many asymptomatic cases remain
unrecognized. The age-adjusted prevalence of IDC in the United States averages 36 cases …
characterized by left ventricular or biventricular dilatation and impaired myocardial
contractility1. Depending on the diagnostic criteria used, the reported annual incidence
varies between 5 and 8 cases per 100,000 population2–5. However, the true incidence is
probably underestimated by those figures, since many asymptomatic cases remain
unrecognized. The age-adjusted prevalence of IDC in the United States averages 36 cases …
Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) is a primary myocardial disease of unknown cause characterized by left ventricular or biventricular dilatation and impaired myocardial contractility1. Depending on the diagnostic criteria used, the reported annual incidence varies between 5 and 8 cases per 100,000 population2–5. However, the true incidence is probably underestimated by those figures, since many asymptomatic cases remain unrecognized. The age-adjusted prevalence of IDC in the United States averages 36 cases per 100,000 population,5 and it accounts for 10,000 deaths annually2.
Blacks and males have a 2.5-fold increase in risk, as compared with whites and females, that . . .
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