title: [Congestive cardiomyopathy (author's transl)].
abstract: Congestive cardiomyopathy principally affects adolescent young men. The prognosis is very serious, mortality is almost 50%. Symptomatology, clinical and radiological findings are chiefly determined by signs of cardiac insufficiency. The ECG almost always shows a pathological but not a pathognomonic finding. If ventricular dilation is marked, left ventricular function is partly extremely limited. As causes of congestive cardiomyopathy, inflammatory changes, autoimmunological processes and metabolic disorders are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids / Q000032:analysis; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000652:urine; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000032:analysis; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008676:Metanephrine / Q000652:urine; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000652:urine; D009647:Normetanephrine / Q000652:urine; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids; D009647:Normetanephrine; D000431:Ethanol; D008676:Metanephrine; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine
vernacular_title: Die kongestive Kardiomyopathie