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Abstract Back groung: Dilated cardiomyopathy is defined as the presence of left ventricular (LV) or biventricular dilatation and systolic dysfunction in the absence of abnormal loading conditions. Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy has become one of the most prevalent inherited cardiomyopathies over the past decades. Purpose: Elucidation of the genetic basis of dilated cardiomyopathy among Egyptian pediatric patients using targeted NGS. Methodology: The study was conducted on 55 DCM patients (48 sporadic and 7 familial), using 2Trusight cardio kit gene panel3 followed by sanger sequencing for confirmation of mutation |