These two conditions affect how well your heart can pump blood. Cardiomyopathy can sometimes lead to heart failure. Cardiomyopathy and heart failure are both conditions in which your heart has a more ...

Figure 1. Maximum-intensity projections and fusion images of [68 Ga]Ga-FAPI PET/CT from representative patients of different NICM subtypes. PET scans were classified into three columns, including ...

Ischemic cardiomyopathy is a secondary condition resulting from coronary artery disease or a heart attack. Ischemic cardiomyopathy involves a weakening of the heart muscle due to coronary heart ...

Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a heart disease that occurs due to chronic alcohol consumption. It is a type of dilated cardiomyopathy since it involves dilation or enlargement of one of the heart’s ...

A new PET/CT imaging technique that visualizes activated fibroblasts in the heart muscle enables early detection of multiple forms of cardiomyopathy, according to research presented at the Society of ...