Cardiomyopathy in the young.
The application of echocardiography is most helpful in recognizing hypertrophic or congestive cardiomyopathy. It cannot determine the cause of such findings but rather provides the clinician with useful information that may over time allow the correct diagnosis to become clearer. The alterations in hemodynamics after surgical or pharmacologic intervention can easily be evaluated with echo Doppler applications. Herein lies one of the major strengths of echocardiography: frequent sequential evaluation. The role of Doppler color flow imaging is just emerging. As time goes on, it may add useful information not otherwise obtained by the existing technology.
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Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229.
D000293:Adolescent; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant