“心肌病”一词是指心肌受损的病理状态而言。在富裕的西方国家,心肌中最常见的基本病理改变为冠心病,但不将它说成是心肌病。该名称一般也不用于风湿病、甲亢、先天性病变或梅毒等引起的心肌疾病。一般说来,心肌病是指不明原因的心肌疾 The term “cardiomyopathy” refers to the pathological state of myocardial damage. In the wealthy western countries, the most common basic pathology in the myocardium is coronary heart disease, but not cardiomyopathy. The name is generally not used for rheumatic diseases, hyperthyroidism, congenital heart disease or syphilis and other diseases. In general, cardiomyopathy refers to an unknown cause of heart disease