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Cardiomyopathy, Dilated

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Definition: 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.  note entry term CARDIOMYOPATHY, CONGESTIVE: do not confuse with HEART FAILURE    Other names Dilated Cardiomyopathy; Congestive Cardiomyopathy; Cardiomyopathy, Congestive; Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy, Familial; Idiopathic Cardiomyopathies, Familial; Familial Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy; Familial Idiopathic Cardiomyopathies; Dilated Cardiomyopathies; Congestive Cardiomyopathies; Cardiomyopathies, Familial Idiopathic; Cardiomyopathies, Dilated; Cardiomyopathies, Congestive; Cardiomyopathy, Familial Idiopathic; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, with Conduction Deffect1; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, LMNA; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, CMD1A
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Krasnow Qazi syndrome  0   *Cataract *Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Hip/abnormalities Spine/abnormalities.
Microcephaly cardiomyopathy  0   *Cardiomyopathy, Dilated *Intellectual Disability *Microcephaly.
Uhl anomaly  0   *Cardiomyopathy, Dilated *Heart Defects, Congenital.
Winship Viljoen Leary syndrome  0   *Cardiomyopathy, Dilated *Intellectual Disability *Microcephaly.
Idiopathic dilation cardiomyopathy  0   *Cardiomyopathy, Dilated.
Familial dilated cardiomyopathy  0   *Cardiomyopathy, Dilated.
Malouf syndrome  0   *Cardiomyopathy, Dilated *Gonadal Dysgenesis *Hypogonadism.

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