title: How to differentiate the etiology of LV dysfunction as to whether it is "ischemic cardiomyopathy" or "dilated non-ischemic cardiomyopathy"? Invasive coronary and myocardial assessment is the approach of first choice.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Andreas Gruentzig Cardiovascular Center, Emory University School of Medicine, 1364 Clifton Road, Suite F606, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.|Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Gyun
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Andreas Gruentzig Cardiovascular Center, Emory University School of Medicine, 1364 Clifton Road, Suite F606, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. hsamady@emory.edu.
authors.forename: Habib
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Samady
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002309:Cardiology / Q000379:methods*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D004417:Dyspnea; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology