Editing Cardiomyopathy (section)

==Diagnosis==
[[file:SinusRhythmLabels.svg|thumb|175 px|Normal sinus rhythm on EKG]]
Among the diagnostic procedures done to determine a cardiomyopathy are:<ref name="ref2">{{Cite web |title=What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Cardiomyopathy? - NHLBI, NIH |url=https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/cm/signs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728023343/http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/cm/signs |archive-date=28 July 2016 |access-date=25 July 2016 |website=nhlbi.nih.gov}}</ref>
* Physical exam
* Family history
* [[Blood test]]
* [[ECG]]
* [[Echocardiogram]]
* Stress test
* [[Genetic testing]]

===Classification===
[[File:Tipet e kardiomiopative.png|300px|thumb|Structural categories of cardiomyopathy]]
[[File:HCM＿HE.jpg|thumb|Stained microscopic section of heart muscle in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]]
Cardiomyopathies can be classified using different criteria:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vinay |first=Kumar |title=Robbins Basic Pathology |publisher=Elsevier |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-4377-1781-5 |page=396}}</ref>
* Primary/intrinsic cardiomyopathies<ref name="AMA">{{Cite journal |last=Maron |first=Barry J. |last2=Towbin |first2=Jeffrey A. |last3=Thiene |first3=Gaetano |last4=Antzelevitch |first4=Charles |last5=Corrado |first5=Domenico |last6=Arnett |first6=Donna |last7=Moss |first7=Arthur J. |last8=Seidman |first8=Christine E. |last9=Young |first9=James B. |date=11 April 2006 |title=Contemporary Definitions and Classification of the Cardiomyopathies |url=http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/113/14/1807 |url-status=live |journal=Circulation |language=en |volume=113 |issue=14 |pages=1807–1816 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.174287 |issn=0009-7322 |pmid=16567565 |s2cid=6660623 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820130306/http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/113/14/1807 |archive-date=20 August 2016 |access-date=1 August 2016}}</ref>
** Congenital
*** [[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]] (HCM)
*** [[Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy]] (ARVC)
*** [[Noncompaction cardiomyopathy|Left ventricular noncompaction]]
*** Ion [[Channelopathies]] like the [[Long QT syndrome]] and the very rare [[Short QT syndrome]]
*** [[Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia]]
** Mixed
*** [[Dilated cardiomyopathy]] (DCM)
*** [[Restrictive cardiomyopathy]] (RCM)
*** [[Brugada syndrome]]
** Acquired
*** [[Stress cardiomyopathy]]
*** [[Myocarditis]], [[inflammation]] of and injury to heart tissue due in part to its infiltration by [[lymphocytes]] and [[monocytes]]<ref name="pmid25858537">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Séguéla PE, Iriart X, Acar P, Montaudon M, Roudaut R, Thambo JB |year=2015 |title=Eosinophilic cardiac disease: Molecular, clinical and imaging aspects |journal=Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases |volume=108 |issue=4 |pages=258–68 |doi=10.1016/j.acvd.2015.01.006 |pmid=25858537 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="pmid27166925">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Rose NR |year=2016 |title=Viral myocarditis |journal=Current Opinion in Rheumatology |volume=28 |issue=4 |pages=383–9 |doi=10.1097/BOR.0000000000000303 |pmc=4948180 |pmid=27166925}}</ref>
*** [[Eosinophilic myocarditis]], [[inflammation]] of and injury to heart tissue due in part to its infiltration by [[eosinophils]]<ref name="pmid25858537" />
*** [[Ischemic cardiomyopathy]] (''not formally included in the classification, due to ischemic cardiomyopathy being a direct result of another cardiac problem'')<ref name="AMA" />
* Secondary/extrinsic cardiomyopathies<ref name="AMA" />
** Metabolic/storage
*** [[Fabry disease|Fabry's disease]]
*** [[Hemochromatosis]]
** Endomyocardial
*** [[Endomyocardial fibrosis]]
*** [[Hypereosinophilic syndrome]]
** Endocrine
*** [[Diabetes mellitus]]
*** [[Hyperthyroidism]]
*** [[Acromegaly]]
** Cardiofacial
*** [[Noonan syndrome]]
** Neuromuscular
*** [[Muscular dystrophy]]
*** [[Friedreich's ataxia]]
** Other
*** Obesity-associated cardiomyopathy<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lipshultz |first=Steven E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9GZkyP5NYPwC |title=Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome: Comprehensive Clinical Review and Related Health Issues |last2=Messiah |first2=Sarah E. |last3=Miller |first3=Tracie L. |date=2012-04-05 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-1-4471-2365-1 |page=200 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529024647/https://books.google.com/books?id=9GZkyP5NYPwC |archive-date=29 May 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>