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DILATED AND HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHIES

Cardiomyopathies are diseases of the myocardium affecting the left, the right, or both ventricles and are commonly associated with abnormal cardiac function. Myocardial changes associated with cardiomyopathy are typically not the result of a structural cardiac malformation.

Generally two types of cardiomyopathies exist: dilated and hypertrophic. In the fetus and neonate, a cardiomyopathy is a very rare event, and the literature presents different causes and prevalence in this population (1). Some form of fetal cardiomyopathy may not be significantly relevant in the postnatal period, and postnatal cardiomyopathy may not develop in the fetus (2). The incidence of cardiomyopathy is less than 1% of all neonates with congenital heart disease.

DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY

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