A new tool to determine whether dilated cardiomyopathy has a genetic origin

Scientists have developed a software application that can predict the possibility

Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common cause of heart failure in young people and is the leading indication for heart transplantation worldwide

In about 30% of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, the disease is caused

However, in many parts of the world, patients with dilated cardiomyopathy do not undergo routine genetic screening because the cost of the procedure is quite high, with only one-third of patients getting a positive result

The new study was led by cardiologist Dr.

The results identified 5 parameters that are more common

In a software application, the combined score of these 5 parameters is called the Madrid genotype score, which allows patients to be classified

The research team validated the predictive power of the tool in a group of 1,097 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy from Italy and the Netherlands

The software application, which has been opened to medical professionals through a website www.