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Abstract
A form of CARDIAC MUSCLE disease that is characterized by ventricular dilation, VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, and HEART FAILURE. Risk factors include SMOKING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; PREGNANCY; and mutations in the LMNA gene encoding LAMIN TYPE A, a NUCLEAR LAMINA protein.
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- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
- Cardiomyopathies, Dilated
- Dilated Cardiomyopathies
- Cardiomyopathy, Congestive
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, 1a
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, Autosomal Recessive
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, CMD1A
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, LMNA
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, With Conduction Defect 1
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, with Conduction Deffect1
- Cardiomyopathy, Familial Idiopathic
- Cardiomyopathy, Idiopathic Dilated
- Congestive Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiomyopathies, Congestive
- Cardiomyopathies, Familial Idiopathic
- Cardiomyopathies, Idiopathic Dilated
- Congestive Cardiomyopathies
- Dilated Cardiomyopathies, Idiopathic
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Idiopathic
- Familial Idiopathic Cardiomyopathies
- Familial Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy
- Idiopathic Cardiomyopathies, Familial
- Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy, Familial
- Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathies
- Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
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35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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note entry term CARDIOMYOPATHY, CONGESTIVE: do not confuse with HEART FAILURE
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History Note
2005 (1984)
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Previous Indexing
- Heart Failure, Congestive (1966-1983)
- Myocardial Diseases (1979-1983)
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WG 280
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002311. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002311
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilated_cardiomyopathy
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q283656