Specific cardiomyopathy

Specific cardiomyopathy: refers to myocardial diseases with clear etiology or associated with systemic diseases, which were previously called specific myocardial diseases. Specific cardiomyopathy includes ischemic cardiomyopathy, valvular cardiomyopathy, hypertensive cardiomyopathy (characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy with dilated or restrictive heart failure), inflammatory cardiomyopathy (with specific autoimmune and infectious causes), metabolic cardiomyopathy (such as glycogen storage disease, glycolipid degeneration, amyloidosis, etc.), muscular dystrophy, neuromuscular disorders, allergic and toxic reactions (ethanol, catecholamines, anthracyclines, irradiation, etc.), peripartum cardiomyopathy, etc.