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Review
. 2023 May 25:9:e08.
doi: 10.15420/cfr.2022.26. eCollection 2023.

Role of Imaging in Cardiomyopathies

Vincenzo Castiglione  1   2 , Alberto Aimo  1   2 , Giancarlo Todiere  1 , Andrea Barison  1   2 , Iacopo Fabiani  1 , Giorgia Panichella  1 , Dario Genovesi  1 , Lucrezia Bonino  1 , Alberto Clemente  1 , Filippo Cademartiri  1 , Alberto Giannoni  1   2 , Claudio Passino  1   2 , Michele Emdin  1   2 , Giuseppe Vergaro  1   2
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Review

Role of Imaging in Cardiomyopathies

Vincenzo Castiglione et al. Card Fail Rev. .

Abstract

Imaging has a central role in the diagnosis, classification, and clinical management of cardiomyopathies. While echocardiography is the first-line technique, given its wide availability and safety, advanced imaging, including cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), nuclear medicine and CT, is increasingly needed to refine the diagnosis or guide therapeutic decision-making. In selected cases, such as in transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis or in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, the demonstration of histological features of the disease can be avoided when typical findings are observed at bone-tracer scintigraphy or CMR, respectively. Findings from imaging techniques should always be integrated with data from the clinical, electrocardiographic, biomarker, genetic and functional evaluation to pursue an individualised approach to patients with cardiomyopathy.

Keywords: Imaging; cardiac magnetic resonance; cardiomyopathies; echocardiography; nuclear medicine.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:. Echocardiography in Cardiac Amyloidosis
Figure 2:
Figure 2:. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Left Ventricular Dilation in a Patient with Dilated Cardiomyopathy
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Figure 3:. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Disproportionate Apical Hypertrophy in a Patient with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
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Figure 4:. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Right Ventricular Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy, Manifesting with Right Ventricular Free Wall Hypo/Akinesia
Figure 5:
Figure 5:. Nuclear Medicine in Cardiac Amyloidosis Scans from 18F-Florbetaben PET and from 99mTc-HDP Scintigraphy in a Patient with Light Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis
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