Table 2:
Causes of Cardiomyopathy
Type
Cause
Cardiovascular
  • Ischemic heart disease
  • Hypertension
  • Valvular heart disease
  • Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
  • Idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy
  • Cardiac amyloidosis
Metabolic
  • Starvation, vitamin deficiency
  • Diabetes, hypo- and hyperthyroidism, acromegaly, pheochromocytoma
  • Glycogen storage disease
Infectious/
Inflammatory
  • Secondary amyloidosis, sarcoidosis
  • Acute viral (coxsackie B), HIV, hepatitis C
  • Protozoal: Chagas' disease
Toxic
  • Alcohol, cocaine, amphetamines, chemotherapy
Genetic
  • Familial dilated cardiomyopathy
  • Familial cardiac amyloidosis
  • Noncompacted myocardium
  • Systolic dysfunction without dilatation
  • Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
  • Hemochromatosis
Tachycardia
  • Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy
Pregnancy
  • Peripartum cardiomyopathy
  
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