Svensk definition
Ett syndrom kännetecknat av hjärtförstoring och kronisk hjärtinsuffiens. Det utgör förmodligen slutledet i en rad olika former av hjärtmuskelskador, förorsakade av ett flertal gifter, metaboliska subs tanser och infektionsämnen.
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
Dilaterad kardiomyopati
Engelsk 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.
Svenska synonymer
Kardiomyopati, dilaterad — Ärftlig idiopatisk kardiomyopati — Kronisk kardiomyopati
Engelska synonymer
Cardiomyopathies, Dilated — Dilated Cardiomyopathies — Dilated Cardiomyopathy — Cardiomyopathy, Familial Idiopathic — Cardiomyopathies, Familial Idiopathic — Familial Idiopathic Cardiomyopathies — Familial Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy — Idiopathic Cardiomyopathies, Familial — Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy, Familial — Congestive Cardiomyopathy — Cardiomyopathies, Congestive — Congestive Cardiomyopathies — Cardiomyopathy, Congestive — Cardiomyopathy, Idiopathic Dilated — Cardiomyopathies, Idiopathic Dilated — Dilated Cardiomyopathies, Idiopathic — Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Idiopathic — Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathies — Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy — Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, LMNA — Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, Autosomal Recessive — Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, 1a — Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, With Conduction Defect 1 — Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, with Conduction Deffect1 — Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, CMD1A