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The aim is to understand the causes and effects of congestive cardiomyopathy on heart function.

Congestive Cardiomyopathy

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May support etiology-based evaluation in heart failure; leaves open prospective validation of nonischemic management.

The aim is to understand the causes and effects of congestive cardiomyopathy on heart function.
Classification of cardiomyopathies into ischemic and nonischemic groups
Analysis of implications for left ventricular failure and surgical interventions
Prognosis for patients with ischemic heart disease and congestive cardiomyopathy is poor
Surgical interventions may improve function but do not prevent disease progression

Gordon L. Pierpont (1978) studied this question.

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