Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST RQUOR0xw. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Although idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy is often viewed as an affliction of young or middle-aged adults, morbidity and mortality rates from idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy rise sharply with age and are highest in the elderly. To learn more about the determinants of this increasingly important cause of heart failure in the elderly, the authors conducted a pooled analysis of data from two case-control studies of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy carried out in Baltimore, Maryland (1984-1986), and Washington, DC (1990-1992). Identical diagnostic criteria and interviewing procedures had been used in both studies. All of the cases of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy had evidence of ventricular dilatation and hypokinesis, with a left ventricular ejection fraction of
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