Dilated cardiomyopathy diagnostic study of choice

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Overview

Echocardiography is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy.

The following finding(s) on performing echocardiography is(are) confirmatory for dilated cardiomyopathy:

[Disease name] may be diagnosed at any time if one or more of the following criteria are met: