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Okay, we've come to the end of our mastery course,

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and I just want to take

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First, non-ischemic cardiomyopathies are very

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so it's really important to have

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an adequate evaluation for your referring clinicians.

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Our job, as a radiologist,

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is to suggest a potential diagnosis when possible.

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I say that because in many cases,

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diagnosis is, but rather we'll rule out other diseases.

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Patterns of LGE or late gadolinium

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enhancement are the most informative

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sarcoidosis or amyloidosis in cases

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But it's important to know that it's

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common to have no specific etiology identified,

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So I just want to say that as some words

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of reassurance that you're not doing

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up with a specific diagnosis in every

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Rather, you're doing an important job

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by just ruling out ischemic disease in the

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And then ruling out other potential

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diagnoses such as sarcoidosis or

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narrow the clinical treatment,

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a specific etiology for heart