CD4 and cardiomyopathy: This result correlates well with several reports that dilated cardiomyopathy in HIV is associated with advanced immunosuppression and lower CD4 lymphocyte counts < 100/μl.3,9,18,28,29 Nzuobotane et al.9 demonstrated a similar relationship between the degree of immunosuppression and the likelihood of cardiomyopathy.