[Dilated cardiomyopathy with a benign course].

Perspective observation of 224 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy showed that in 21 cases (9.4%) the course of the disease was benign characterized by insignificant limitation of their physical condition and its stabilization. Dilatation of the left cardiac ventricle and reduction of its contractile function did not reach significant levels that is caused by a relatively larger as compared with other patients capacity to the development of compensatory hypertrophy.