title: Review of cardiomyopathy imaging.
abstract: Cardiomyopathies are increasingly being detected on both routine and non-routine imaging. Furthermore, the diagnosis of cardiomyopathy is changing from the traditional method of clinical presentation and cardiac morphology to a quantifiable method based on both cardiac morphology and function. With cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, coronary computed tomography and nuclear medicine increasingly being utilized along with echocardiography in the diagnostic process, it is important for the radiologist to be aware of the relevant criteria in formulating a diagnosis. We aim to provide an overview of the imaging characteristics of the most commonly encountered cardiomyopathies.
authors.affiliation: Monash Medical Centre, Southern Health, Melbourne, Australia. Kughan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Kughan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gunaratnam
authors.forename: Lok Hun
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nasis
authors.forename: Andris
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ellims
authors.forename: Dee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nandurkar
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Soo
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Troupis
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Cardiac MRI (CMRI); Cardiac computed tomography (CCT); Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Nuclear medicine