LV tissue samples were obtained from explanted human hearts in patients with cardiomyopathy undergoing heart transplantation.

DCM, dilated cardiomyopathy; HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; ICM, ischemic cardiomyopathy; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LA, left atria; EDD, end diastolic diameter of the left ventricle; ESD, end systolic diameter of the left ventricle; sPA, systolic pulmonary artery pressure; RAP, right atrial pressure; n.d., not determined. LV tissue samples were obtained from explanted human hearts in patients with cardiomyopathy undergoing heart transplantation.