Translational registry for cardiomyopathies (TORCH-DZHK1)
Contacts- Hugo A Katus
- Wolfgang Hoffmann
Inclusion criteria- Patients with primary non-ischemic cardiomyopathies including hereditary and inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy
- left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
- and acute myocarditis.
Exclusion criteria- Preexisting other cardiac diseases such as significant valvular
- ischemic or pericardial disease
- Severe arterial hypertension
- Primary pulmonary artery hypertension
- Chronic advanced disorders
- History of treatment with cardiotoxic agents and chest radiation
- Drug and alcohol abuse
- Patients <18 and >79 years of age
- Life expectancy less than 1 year due to non-cardiac comorbidity