When cardiomyopathy develops as a way to compensate for some other underlying disease like hypertension or valve diseases, it's called secondary cardiomyopathy, but when it develops all by itself, it's called a primary cardiomyopathy.

当心肌病的产生是由于心脏为了代偿其他潜在疾病时，比如说高血压或者心瓣膜疾病，它就叫做继发性心肌病，但如果它的致病原因在心脏自身时，则称为原发性心肌病。