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1The Heart Hospital Imaging Centre, University College London Hospitals Trust, 16 Westmoreland Street, London, UK.
Abstract:
Cardiomyopathies (CMPs) are a group of often inherited diseases characterised by abnormalities and associated dysfunction of heart muscle. In the past decade, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has emerged as a powerful tool in their assessment, providing data that are complementary to other aspects of clinical evaluation. Key advantages of CMR are three-dimensional visualisation of the heart and its relationship to thoracic structures; gold-standard quantification of cardiac volumes and function, which can safely be repeated over time (no ionising radiation is involved); and tissue characterisation to detect focal scar and fatty infiltration. This paper reviews the role of CMR in the clinical assessment of patients with CMPs.
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