Alcoholic cardiomyopathy differential diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]; Hardik Patel, M.D.

Alcoholic cardiomyopathy is a form of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Therefore, it must be differentiated from other forms of DCM like idiopathic DCM, connective tissue disorders etc.

Alcoholic cardiomyopathy must be differentiated from other causes of dilated cardiomyopathy like:

• Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
• Myocarditis
• Connective tissue disorders
• HIV
• Doxorubicin
• Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy
• Hypertension

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