title: [Epidemiology of cardiopathies of unknown origin].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cardiopathy of unknown origin is a precise term classifying a group of diseases which define an assessment of diagnosis by means of available non-invasive examinations. The pathological finding is obvious, however it does not fulfill unambiquously the diagnostic criteria for a particular noseologic entity. We assume that subclinical forms of dilatation cardiomyopathy may be involved.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Detection of incidence of cardiomyopathies within the population in the district of Nové Zámky.
  
  
  METHODS
  The retrospective analysis of patients examined at the Clinic of Non-invasive Cardiology at Nové Zámky in 1994.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total of examined patients reached the figure of 178, out of whom 5 were treated due to the suspected cardiopathy of unknown origin.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  1. It is not possible to assess the definitive diagnosis on the level of second contact. 2. The patients with the diagnosis of cardiomyopathy of uncertain origin require a long-term check-up. 3. It would be beneficial to compare the data with another Slovak territorial district, or region.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is necessary to bring the patients under control in the early subclinical stage of dilatation cardiomyopathy, to devote a more intensive care and to influence selectively the actual harmful factors and thus inhibit the development of the disease.
authors.affiliation: I. interné oddelenie Nemocnice s poliklinikou v Nových Zámkoch, Bratislave, Slovakia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karvaj
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Duris
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Klobucníková
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Urgeová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fabián
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018154:Slovakia / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Epidemiológia kardiopatií nejasného pôvodu.