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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:  Lina Ya'qoub, MD; Edzel Lorraine Co, DMD, MD[2]

## Overview

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Echocardiography remains the corner stone for establishing the diagnosis of cardiomyopathy, mainly by assessing the systolic and diastolic dysfunction, cardiac chamber diameters and wall thickness as well as valvular diseases. Echocardiography is usually the first diagnostic imaging tool to diagnose cardiomyopathy, although differentiating the cause of the cardiomyopathy based on echocardiography assessment might be difficult in some cases; advanced cardiac imaging, genetic testing and/or biopsy might be needed in some of these cases.

## Cardiomyopathy Echocardiography or Ultrasound

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Echocardiography remains the corner stone for establishing the diagnosis of cardiomyopathy, mainly by assessing the systolic and diastolic dysfunction, cardiac chamber diameters and wall thickness as well as valvular diseases. Echocardiography is usually the first diagnostic imaging tool to diagnose cardiomyopathy, although differentiating the cause of the cardiomyopathy based on echocardiography assessment might be difficult in some cases; advanced cardiac imaging, genetic testing and/or biopsy might be needed in some of these cases.[1]

## References

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1. ↑ Wood MJ, Picard MH (June 2004). "Utility of echocardiography in the evaluation of individuals with cardiomyopathy". Heart. 90 (6): 707–12. PMC 1768248. PMID 15145892.

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