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. 2018 Feb;72(1):68–70. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2018.72.68-70

Table 1. Classification of cardiomyopathies (1, 2).

Hereditary Combination (hereditary and non-hereditary) Acquired
Hypertrophic Dilated Inflammatory (myocarditis)
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia Restrictive (non hypertrophic and non-dilated) Peripartum
«sponge» like left ventricle Alcoholic
Glycogen accumulation (PRKAG2, Danon) Induced by tahycardia
Conduction disorder Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (acute left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome)
Mitochondrial myopathy
Ion channels disorders (short and long QT syndromes, Brugada syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia)