Table 1.

Classification of toxic and metabolic cardiomyopathies

Infiltrative	Amyloidosis (primary, familial autosomal dominant, senile, secondary forms) Gaucher disease, Hurler’s disease and Hunter’s disease
Storage	Haemochromatosis, Anderson-Fabry disease, glycogen storage disease (Pompe), Niemann-Pick disease
Nutritional deficiencies	Beriberi (thiamine), pellagra, scurvy, selenium, carnitine, nutritional disorder such as kwasiorkor
Endocrine	Diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, hypothyriodism, hyperparathyroidism, pheochromocytoma
Toxicity	Alcohol, drugs (cocaine, catecholamines, lithium, phenothiazines, methysergide), heavy metals (cobalt, lead, arsenic) and chemical agents
Consequence of cancer therapy	Anthracyclines (doxorubicin, daunorubicin), cyclophosphamide and radiation