How to differentiate the etiology of LV dysfunction as to whether it is "ischemic cardiomyopathy" or "dilated non-ischemic cardiomyopathy"? Invasive coronary and myocardial assessment is the approach of first choice

J Nucl Cardiol. 2015 Oct;22(5):953-6. doi: 10.1007/s12350-015-0135-2. Epub 2015 Jul 8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Cardiology / methods*
  • Cardiomyopathies / complications
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis*
  • Comorbidity
  • Coronary Circulation
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
  • Dyspnea
  • Female
  • Heart / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Ischemia / complications
  • Myocardial Ischemia / diagnosis*
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology