title: [Cardiomyopathy and cardiac magnetic resonance].
abstract: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a rapidly emerging non-invasive imaging technique free of X-Ray and offers higher spatial resolution than alternative forms of cardiac imaging for the assessment of left ventricular (LV) anatomy, function, and viability due to the unique capability of myocardial tissue characterization after gadolinium-chelates contrast administration. This imaging technique has clinical utility over a broad spectrum of heart diseases: ranging from ischaemic to non ischaemic aetiologies. Cardiomyopathies (CMP) are a heterogeneous group of diseases of the myocardium associated with architectural abnormalities and mechanical dysfunction. CMR can help excluding coronary artery disease and can provide positive diagnostic features for several CMP resulted in better diagnosis and management, Leading to improvements in mortality.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie et Centre de RMC, Département de médecine interne, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Locca
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jeanrenaud
authors.forename: Juerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwitter
authors.forename: Grégoire
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Girod
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Monney
authors.forename: Rodney
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Palma
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.forename: Sanjay K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vogt
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging