Utility of echocardiography in the evaluation of individuals with cardiomyopathy

Heart. 2004 Jun;90(6):707-12. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.024778.

Authors

Malissa J Wood¹, Michael H Picard

Affiliation

¹ Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Cardiology Division and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. mjwood@partners.org

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Amyloidosis / diagnostic imaging
Amyloidosis / physiopathology
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / diagnostic imaging
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / physiopathology
Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
Cardiomyopathies / physiopathology
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / diagnostic imaging
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / physiopathology
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnostic imaging
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / physiopathology
Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / diagnostic imaging
Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / physiopathology
Echocardiography / methods*
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Heart Valve Diseases / physiopathology
Humans