Classification of non-coronarogenic myocardial damage
Paleev, N.R.; Naĭshtut, G.M.; Odinokova, V.A.; Gurevich, M.A.; Kalikshtein, D.B.
Kardiologiia 18(5): 14-20
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-9040 PMID: 671984 Document Number: 131946
A working classification of noncoronarogenic damage to the cardiac muscle is suggested in which 4 general-pathology groups are considered: myocardial dystrophies, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, and neoplasms. The main principles are presented for grouping diseases of the myocardium not associated with ischemic heart disease, hypertension or rheumatic fever. Certain problems of the clinical picture and differential diagnosis of dystrophic, inflammatory, and idiopathic damages to the heart muscle are discussed.