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Basic Echocardiography in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

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Basic echocardiography plays an important role in determining the diagnosis and evaluating the severity of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). It also provides valuable data regarding prognosis and helps in guiding treatment. The main echocardiographic features of DCM are left ventricular (LV) dilation and systolic dysfunction. Other characteristics are LV diastolic dysfunction with elevated LV filling pressure, LV dyssynchrony, functional mitral and tricuspid regurgitation, right ventricular dysfunction, atrial dilatation, and secondary pulmonary hypertension. All echocardiographic data are pivotal at diagnosis but also during follow-up in order to recognize disease progression and treatment effects.

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    Elena Abate MD, Bruno Pinamonti MD & Andrea Porto MD

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Abate, E., Pinamonti, B., Porto, A. (2014). Basic Echocardiography in Dilated Cardiomyopathy. In: Pinamonti, B., Sinagra, G. (eds) Clinical Echocardiography and Other Imaging Techniques in Cardiomyopathies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06019-4_5

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