Dilated Cardiomyopathy Overview

Review
In: GeneReviews® [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993.
[updated ].

Excerpt

The purpose of this overview is to increase clinician awareness of the genetic basis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and the benefits of early diagnosis and management to individuals with genetic DCM.

The following are the goals of this overview.

Goal 1: Define DCM.

Goal 2: Identify the categories of DCM.

Goal 3: Provide the evaluation strategy of a proband with nonsyndromic DCM.

Goal 4: Provide a basic view of genetic risk assessment of at-risk asymptomatic relatives of a proband with DCM to inform cardiac surveillance and allow early detection and treatment of DCM to improve long-term outcome.

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