Table 2 Classification criteria of secondary cardiomyopathy according to the American heart association and the European society of cardiology

Infiltrative

• Amyloidosis (primary familial autosomal dominant, senile, secondary forms)

• Hurler’s disease

• Hunter’s disease

Storage

• Hemochromatosis

• Fabry’s disease

• Glycogen storage disease (type II, Pompe)

Toxicity

• Drugs, heavy metals, alcohol

Endomyocardial

• Hyperesinophilic syndrome (Loeffler’s endocarditis)

Inflammatory

• Sarcoidosis

Endocrine

• Diabetes Mellitus

• Hyperthyroidism

• Hypothyroidism

• Hyperparathyroidism

• Pheochromocytoma

• Acromegaly

Cardiofacial

• Noonan syndrome

• Lentiginosis

Neuromuscular/neurological

• Friedreich’s ataxia

• Duchenne-Becher muscular dystrophy

• Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

• Myotonic dystrophy

• Neurofibromatosis

• Tuberous sclerosis

Nutritional deficiencies

• Beriberi (thiamine), pellagra, scurvy, selenium, carnitine, kwashiorkor

Autoimmune/collagen

• Systemic lupus erythematosis

• Dermatomyositis

• Rheumatoid arthritis

• Scleroderma

• Polyarteritis nodosa

Consequence of cancer therapy

• Anthracyclines: doxorubicin (adriamycin), daunorubicin

• Cyclophosphamide

• Radiation