What are the differences between dilated cardiomyopathy and viral cardiomyopathy?

Cause and effect: Viral cardiomyopathies are one cause of dilated cardiomyopathies. Other causes of dilated cardiomyopathies include: inherited, metabolic, nutritional, valvular.

See below: Viral cardiomyopathy is one of the kinds of dilated cardiomyopathies. They may also be caused by other reasons, such as childbirth, drugs, alcohol etc.

The heart: Paige, this is really all semantics and doctor talk. Viruses can cause damage to your heart: cardiomyopathy. When the damage causes your heart to enlarge, then it is called dilated cardiomyopathy. So, viral cardiomyopathy, is a more specific term for a cardiomyopathy. I hope that you get better. Many times, a viral cardiomyopathy gets better with time...