Table 1.

Selected demographic and clinical data from the ten dilated cardiomyopathy patients that were included in this study.

Patient	Age	Gender	NYHA Class	EF	Duration of DCM (months)
1	40	F	II	20–25%	5
2	41	F	III	<25%	2
3	35	F	III	<25%	3
4	57	M	II	<25%	20
5	53	M	III	25%	6
6	39	M	III	17%	1
7	33	M	III	20%	2
8	48	F	III	21%	3
9	23	M	III	<10%	1
10	42	F	III	20%	2

DCM = dilated cardiomyopathy; EF = ejection fraction; NYHA = New York Heart Association.