title: MRI of nonischemic cardiomyopathy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to present current clinical and research issues in MRI evaluation of nonischemic cardiomyopathy, a diverse set of diseases, many of which have a genetic basis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cardiac cine MRI along with delayed myocardial enhancement MRI and other MRI techniques can provide information beyond echocardiography for tissue characterization. MRI is increasingly being used for evaluation of genetically positive, phenotypically negative patients as well as for risk stratification.
authors.affiliation: Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. bluemked@nih.gov
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bluemke
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging