Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) causes

Dilated Hearts End In Terrible Infiltration

• Dietary – beri-beri (thiamine deficiency)
• Hereditary – familial DCM, muscular dystrophies (Duchenne, myotonia, mitochondrial)
• Endocrine – hypothyroidism, thyrotoxicosis, phaeochromocytoma
• Infective – viruses (coxsackie), Chagas’ disease
• Toxins – alcohol, drugs (anthracyclines)
• Infiltrative – sarcoid, iron overload (haemochromatosis, excess blood transfusions)