TY - JOUR
T1 - Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
AU - Dec, G. William
AU - Fuster, Valentin
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported with funding from the American Heart Association, Oregon Affiliate (grant No 065).
PY - 1994/12/8
Y1 - 1994/12/8
N2 - 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…
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199412083312307
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199412083312307
M3 - Review article
C2 - 7969328
AN - SCOPUS:0028116218
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 331
SP - 1564
EP - 1575
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 23
ER -