PMID- 29270320
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 2090-1941 (Print)
IS  - 2090-195X (Electronic)
IS  - 2090-195X (Linking)
VI  - 2017
DP  - 2017
TI  - Restrictive Cardiomyopathies: The Importance of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging 
      Modalities in Diagnosis and Treatment-A Systematic Review.
PG  - 2874902
LID - 10.1155/2017/2874902 [doi]
LID - 2874902
AB  - Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is the least common among cardiomyopathies. It 
      can be idiopathic, familial, or secondary to systematic disorders. Marked 
      increase in left and/or right ventricular filling pressures causes symptoms and 
      signs of congestive heart failure. Electrocardiographic findings are nonspecific 
      and include atrioventricular conduction and QRS complex abnormalities and 
      supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias. Echocardiography and cardiac 
      magnetic resonance (CMR) play a major role in diagnosis. Echocardiography reveals 
      normal or hypertrophied ventricles, preserved systolic function, marked biatrial 
      enlargement, and impaired diastolic function, often with restrictive filling 
      pattern. CMR offering a higher spatial resolution than echocardiography can 
      provide detailed information about anatomic structures, perfusion, ventricular 
      function, and tissue characterization. CMR with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) 
      and novel approaches (myocardial mapping) can direct the diagnosis to specific 
      subtypes of RCM, depending on the pattern of scar formation. When noninvasive 
      studies have failed, endomyocardial biopsy is required. Differentiation between 
      RCM and constrictive pericarditis (CP), nowadays by echocardiography, is 
      important since both present as heart failure with normal-sized ventricles and 
      preserved ejection fraction but CP can be treated by means of anti-inflammatory 
      and surgical treatment, while the treatment options of RCM are dictated by the 
      underlying condition. Prognosis is generally poor despite optimal medical 
      treatment.
FAU - Rammos, Aidonis
AU  - Rammos A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3578-1009
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Chatzikosta General Hospital, Ioannina, Greece.
FAU - Meladinis, Vasileios
AU  - Meladinis V
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Chatzikosta General Hospital, Ioannina, Greece.
FAU - Vovas, Georgios
AU  - Vovas G
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Agrinio General Hospital, Agrinio, Greece.
FAU - Patsouras, Dimitrios
AU  - Patsouras D
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Chatzikosta General Hospital, Ioannina, Greece.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20171115
PL  - Egypt
TA  - Radiol Res Pract
JT  - Radiology research and practice
JID - 101566860
PMC - PMC5705874
EDAT- 2017/12/23 06:00
MHDA- 2017/12/23 06:01
PMCR- 2017/11/15
CRDT- 2017/12/23 06:00
PHST- 2017/08/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/11/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/12/23 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/12/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/12/23 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/11/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2017/2874902 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Radiol Res Pract. 2017;2017:2874902. doi: 10.1155/2017/2874902. Epub 2017 Nov 15.