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Five of the seven familial <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DCM<\/jats:styled-content> cases had evidence of viral infection at presentation. Final aetiology: <jats:italic>Myocarditis<\/jats:italic>, 15\/35 (43%), with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">P<\/jats:styled-content>arvovirus being the commonest virus identified 10\/15(67%). <jats:italic>Familial<\/jats:italic>, seven (20%), <jats:italic>Idiopathic<\/jats:italic>, seven (20%), <jats:italic>Others<\/jats:italic>, six (17%). Overall outcome was death 10\/35(28%), ongoing dysfunction 16\/35 (46%) and normalisation in 9\/35 (26%). The median time to death from diagnosis was 1.5 months (3 days to 3 years). Death occurred in 4\/7 with familial <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DCM<\/jats:styled-content> (57%) compared with 6\/28 (21%) among the others (ns). Recovery occurred in 0\/7 with familial <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DCM<\/jats:styled-content> versus 4\/4 with biopsy proven myocarditis (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Almost half of families screened had evidence of familial <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DCM<\/jats:styled-content>, and these children carried a worse prognosis. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">M<\/jats:styled-content>aori and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">P<\/jats:styled-content>acific Island children seem to be over\u2010represented. 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