RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 58106271
T1 Cardiomyopathy, Idiopathic
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58106271
RD 2024/04/19
AB •  2  most  common  causes:  dilated  (idiopathic)  and  ischemic•  Idiopathic-Unknown  etiology-Often  multifactorial  resulting  in  large,  dilated  heart  with  poor  ventricular  function•  Ischemic-Coronary  artery  disease  causing  severe  ventricular  dysfunction-  See  Cardiomyopathy,  Ischemic.