The MR findings for EMT are variable. Although diagnosis is dependent largely on prior presumption and clinical context, MRI provides valuable guidelines in defining the extent of the lesions to select the appropriate treatment and for follow-up of abnormalities.
Cardiomyopathies are diseases of the myocardium of unknown etiology associated with cardiac dysfunction. On the grounds of their morphology and pathophysiology, primary or idiopathic cardiomyopathies may be classified into a number of disorders; namely, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, and restrictive cardiomyopathy. The term "secondary cardiomyopathies" is reserved to specific heart muscle diseases clinically very similar to primary cardiomyopathies. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging has long been used to study cardiac morphology and, more recently, to assess blood flow, perfusion, and contractile function. The emerging role of magnetic resonance imaging for the understanding and treatment of primary cardiomyopathies cannot be underestimated. From a clinical point of view, an examination based on a single, efficient, and noninvasive MR study focusing on the clinically relevant features of cardiomyopathies is an objective and reproducible means for diagnosing and monitoring hypertrophic, arrhythmogenic, dilated, and restrictive cardiomyopathies.
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