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Particularly in combination with hypertension, cardiomyopathy with diabetes may present a picture in which diastolic function is more impaired than systolic function. In addition to aggravating heart failure by increasing demand, massive obesity is implicated as a cause of cardiomyopathy with increased ventricular mass and decreased contractility, which improve after weight loss. Familial Cardiomyopathy Inherited genetic factors have been implicated in familial dilated cardiomyopathy, although with less frequency and more varied inheritance patterns than in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Many of the early examples described varying degrees of cardiomyopathy associated with specific conduction system abnormalities. More recently, a deletion in a cardiac promoter region associated with this gene was demonstrated in a family with X-linked cardiomyopathy without skeletal myopathy. Mitochondrial myopathies are maternally transmitted, such as the Kearns-Sayre syndrome of cardiomyopathy, ophthalmoplegia, retinopathy, and cerebellar ataxia. The mitochondrial abnormalities frequently cause skeletal as well as cardiac myopathic changes that can be rapidly progressive in young adulthood. In addition to abnormalities of muscle proteins and metabolism, heritable factors may influence susceptibility to external triggers for anticardiac immune responses. Kindreds have been described with heart failure presenting after viral infection or during pregnancy. Although previously thought to be rare, familial involvement has now been described in up to 20% of cases of dilated cardiomyopathy. The right ventricular free wall and the atria are primarily involved, giving rise to ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias, which are often the presenting symptom. Proposed causes include congenital hypoplasia of myocardial tissue and focal injury with fibrous replacement. Some patients present with left ventricular dysfunction, without initial recognition of the right ventricular abnormalities, which are often unappreciated on routine echocardiography. Although many cases are spontaneous, there are kindreds with varied expression, the best known of which is the Naxos syndrome originating from the Mediterranean area, in which the affected family members share strikingly curly hair and palmar hyperkeratosis. Overlap with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy Diseases causing primarily restrictive cardiomyopathies (see later) can occasionally overlap to cause a picture consistent with dilated cardiomyopathy, particularly when the ventricle is not severely dilated. Hemochromatosis and sarcoidosis should be considered when evaluating all cardiomyopathy, although they are more often considered with the restrictive diseases. Amyloidosis is less commonly confused with dilated than with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy but should be considered for a thick-walled ventricle with moderately depressed contractile function. Increasing understanding of processes leading to heart failure and particularly of the genetic contribution have reduced the number of cases with no known etiology. Even after careful evaluation, however, the majority of cases of dilated cardiomyopathy are still considered to be idiopathic, of unknown cause. Evaluation of Dilated Cardiomyopathy History the history for a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy is gradual exertional intolerance and onset of congestive symptoms, occasionally including chest pain, syncope, or clinical embolic events. An acute presentation may reflect a new problem, such as hyperthyroidism, superimposed on an unrecognized chronic cardiomyopathy of other origin. Rapid development over days to weeks, however, suggests postviral or giant cell myocarditis. Chest pain, typical of pericarditis or mimicking acute myocardial infarction, may result from acute myocarditis, as can ventricular arrhythmias in the absence of detectable left ventricular dysfunction. Regardless of cause, however, many patients describe an upper respiratory syndrome during the preceding 6 months, as do most people without cardiomyopathy. Family history of possible cardiomyopathy may be helpful, with careful questioning about sudden deaths attributed to "massive heart attacks. The history should also include careful questioning to elucidate symptoms indicative of the level of hemodynamic compensation, because the majority of heart failure symptoms result from hemodynamic abnormalities of intracardiac filling pressures or systemic perfusion. The presence of orthopnea, which may be indicated by supine cough as well as by dyspnea, indicates elevated left ventricular filling pressures (congestion) at rest.
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