--- abstract: "Non ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM) is a disorder of myocardium. It has varying etiologies. Albeit the varying etiologies of this heart muscle disorder, it presents with symptoms of heart failure, and rarely as sudden cardiac death (SCD). Manifestations of this disorder are in many ways similar to its counterpart, ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM). A proportion of patients with NIDCM carries a grave prognosis and is prone to sudden cardiac death from sustained ventricular arrhythmias. Identification of this subgroup of patients who carry the risk of sudden cardiac death despite adequate medical management is a challenge .Yet another method is a blanket treatment of patients with this disorder with anti arrhythmic medications or anti tachyarrhythmia devices like implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD). However this modality of treatment could be a costly exercise even for affluent economies. In this review we try to analyze the existing data of risk stratification of NIDCM and its clinical implications in practice.\n" altloc: - http://www.ipej.org/0502/thekkoott.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Shekha given: Karthik honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Ghosh given: Joydeep honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Thekkoott given: Deepak honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Greenberg given: Yisachar honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2005-04 date_type: published datestamp: 2005-04-16 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/42/20 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: - family: Singh given: Balbir honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Lokhandwala given: Yash honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Francis given: Johnson honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Gupta given: Anup honourific: '' lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 4220 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/text_html.png;/4220/1/thekkoott.htm|/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/4220/2/thekkoott.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: Non Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy; Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy; Risk Stratification; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Sudden Cardiac Death lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:56 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 2 pagerange: 122-138 pubdom: TRUE publication: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal publisher: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group refereed: TRUE referencetext: | 1. 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