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The term cardiomyopathy encompasses a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by an intrinsic pathology of the cardiac muscle. Cardiomyopathies differ from other cardiac diseases in that they are not the result of other pathologies, such as pericardial diseases, hypertension, congenital abnormalities, valvulopathies or ischemic heart diseases. Diverse types of cardiomyopathies can be distinguished according to their morphology or aetiology. The major morphological patterns are: hypertrophic, dilated, restrictive, arrhythmogenic and non-compacted. Based on the aetiology, cardiomyopathies can be primary/secondary or familial/non-familial.

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  1. Histopathology Service, National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, Las Rozas (Madrid), Spain

    Beatriz Aguilera & M. Paz Suárez-Mier

  2. Heart Failure Unit, Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe (Madrid), Spain

    Gonzalo Guzzo-Merello

  3. Heart Failure and Inherited Cardiac Diseases Unit, Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain

    Pablo García-Pavía

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  1. Department of Forensic Pathology, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Cadiz, Seville, Spain

    Joaquín S. Lucena

  2. Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

    Pablo García-Pavía

  3. Histopathology Department, National Institute Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, Madrid, Spain

    M. Paz Suarez-Mier

  4. Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

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Aguilera, B., Suárez-Mier, M.P., Guzzo-Merello, G., García-Pavía, P. (2015). Cardiomyopathies. In: Lucena, J., García-Pavía, P., Suarez-Mier, M., Alonso-Pulpon, L. (eds) Clinico-Pathological Atlas of Cardiovascular Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11146-9_8

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