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Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Steps in the Treatment

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Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) is a heart muscle disease of unknown origin characterized by enlargement and systolic dysfunction of the left ventricle, with or without overt cardiac failure. Although IDC remains a serious condition with significant morbidity and mortality [1–6], an improving prognosis has been shown in recent years [7–10] and the favourable effect of new treatments on the survival of patients is impressive [9, 10]. Moreover, a progressive increase in the number of patients with IDC and a shorter duration of symptoms before diagnosis were found [7–10], suggesting that a more extensive and earlier detection of the disease may have contributed to modifying the natural history of IDC.

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    J. L. Atlee

  2. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

    J.-L. Vincent

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Sinagra, G., Di Lenarda, A., Sabbadini, G. (2001). Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Steps in the Treatment. In: Atlee, J.L., Vincent, JL. (eds) Critical Care Cardiology in the Perioperative Period. Topics in Anaesthesia and Critical Care. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2955-2_11

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