title: Noninvasive diagnosis of the cardiomyopathies.
abstract: The presenting clinical features of the cardiomyopathies are nonspecific. Echocardiography is useful in detecting patients with cardiomyopathy and determining proper management. Echocardiography can be used to determine both cardiac structural measurements and cardiac function.
mesh_terms: D001020:Aortic Stenosis, Subvalvular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis