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Cardiomyopathy, Dilated , Heart Failure , Registries/statistics & numerical data , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/complications , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/diagnosis , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/epidemiology , Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular/statistics & numerical data , Health Services Needs and Demand , Heart Failure/epidemiology , Heart Failure/etiology , Humans , Prevalence , Russia/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Cardiomyopathy (CMP) is a major cause of early disability and death in young cardiac patients, remaining at the same time a little studied problem. The generally accepted term "dilated cardiomyopathy" is only a portrayal of morphological signs. As of now, the foreign literature most commonly uses the term "inflammatory cardiomyopathy" to denote CMP caused by viral and/or bacterial agents. Owing to the wide use of novel laboratory and instrumental diagnostic techniques, namely: molecular genetic and immunohistochemical studies and endomyocardial biopsy, there has been a possibility to conduct a more accurate and fuller study of inflammatory CMP. Despite the fact that the problems in nosology, classification, choice of the optimal diagnostic methods and management tactics for these patients.