title: [Medico-legal assessment of dilated cardiomyopathy].
abstract: After a short examination of the pathophysiological and clinical-prognostic aspects of dilated cardiomyopathy, the authors focus their attention on the explicit normative evaluation references (concerning various protection areas) and the most updated medical-legal indications for this disease. They suggest for these patients some criteria of medical-legal evaluation of biological damage, of the inability to work, work unsuitability, based on the analysis of the following parameters: left ventricular ejection fraction, NYHA class/functional capacity, hemodynamics, left ventricular diameters and volumes, degree of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Cardiologia, Centro Polispecialistico Medico-Legale INPS per la Regione Campania. molissociro@virgilio.it
authors.forename: Ciro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Molisso
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Molisso
mesh_terms: D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D011379:Prognosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013318:Stroke Volume; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation