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AHA 2006 definition: "Cardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases of the myocardium associated with mechanical and/or electrical dysfunction that usually (but not invariably) exhibit inappropriate ventricular hypertrophy or dilatation and are due to a variety of causes that frequently are genetic. Cardiomyopathies either are confined to the heart or are part of generalized systemic disorders, often leading to cardiovascular death or progressive heart failure–related disability." refl.in/nw
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European society of cardiology definition:
A myocardial dis-order in which the heart muscle is structurally and functionally abnormal, in the absence of coronary artery disease, hypertension, valvular disease and congenital heart disease sufficient to cause the observed myocardial abnormality. refl.in/nx
A myocardial dis-order in which the heart muscle is structurally and functionally abnormal, in the absence of coronary artery disease, hypertension, valvular disease and congenital heart disease sufficient to cause the observed myocardial abnormality. refl.in/nx
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‘Cardiomyopathy’ (CM) is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as ‘a disease of the myocardium associated with cardiac dysfunction’ and is either: dilated, hypertrophic, restrictive, arrhythmogenic right ventricular, or unclassified. refl.in/nv
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