What are the symptoms of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)?
Dilated cardiomyopathy can present with a range of symptoms including breathlessness, fatigue, palpitations and dizziness. Dr Ravi Assomull also explains that some people may have no symptoms at all, with the condition sometimes discovered incidentally during cardiac investigations.
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Patients with dilated cardiomyopathy may present with symptoms of breathlessness, fatigue, palpitations or dizziness. A small proportion of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy may have no symptoms at all and it's simply a condition that was picked up incidentally.
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