Samuela Carigi, Piero Gentile, Mauro Gori, Denitza Tinti, Luisa De Gennaro, Giuseppe Leonardi, Francesco Orso, Anna Rita Felici, Maria Rosaria Catalano, Marina Floresta, Vittoria Rizzello, Donata Lucci, Lucio Gonzini, Renata De Maria, Marco Marini
BACKGROUND: Available data on the clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with heart failure (HF) due to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) derive mainly from tertiary care centres for cardiomyopathies or from drug trial sub-studies, which may entail a referral bias. METHODS: From 2008 to 2021, we enrolled in a nationwide HF Registry 1886 DCM patients and 3899 with ischemic heart disease (IHD). RESULTS: Patients with DCM were younger, more often female, had more commonly recent onset HF, left bundle branch block, and showed higher LV end-diastolic volume and lower LVEF than IHD...
March 19, 2024: International Journal of Cardiology