Term Name: dilated cardiomyopathy
Synonyms: Congestive cardiomyopathy, Familial dilated cardiomyopathy, Idiopathic dilation cardiomyopathy, primary dilated cardiomyopathy
Definition: An intrinsic cardiomyopathy that is characterized by an an enlarged heart and damage to the myocardium causing the heart to pump blood inefficiently.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:12930]   ( DOID:12930 )

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is a type of: intrinsic cardiomyopathy
has subtype: dilated cardiomyopathy 1A dilated cardiomyopathy 1AA dilated cardiomyopathy 1B dilated cardiomyopathy 1BB dilated cardiomyopathy 1C dilated cardiomyopathy 1CC dilated cardiomyopathy 1D dilated cardiomyopathy 1DD dilated cardiomyopathy 1E dilated cardiomyopathy 1EE dilated cardiomyopathy 1FF dilated cardiomyopathy 1G dilated cardiomyopathy 1GG dilated cardiomyopathy 1H dilated cardiomyopathy 1HH dilated cardiomyopathy 1I dilated cardiomyopathy 1II dilated cardiomyopathy 1J dilated cardiomyopathy 1JJ dilated cardiomyopathy 1K dilated cardiomyopathy 1KK dilated cardiomyopathy 1L dilated cardiomyopathy 1LL dilated cardiomyopathy 1M dilated cardiomyopathy 1MM dilated cardiomyopathy 1NN dilated cardiomyopathy 1O dilated cardiomyopathy 1P dilated cardiomyopathy 1Q dilated cardiomyopathy 1R dilated cardiomyopathy 1S dilated cardiomyopathy 1T dilated cardiomyopathy 1U dilated cardiomyopathy 1V dilated cardiomyopathy 1W dilated cardiomyopathy 1X dilated cardiomyopathy 1Y dilated cardiomyopathy 1Z dilated cardiomyopathy 2A dilated cardiomyopathy 2B dilated cardiomyopathy 2C dilated cardiomyopathy 2D dilated cardiomyopathy 2E dilated cardiomyopathy 2F dilated cardiomyopathy 2G peripartum cardiomyopathy X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy