TY - CHAP AU - Ida Kåks AU - Marianna Leopoulou AU - Gustav Mattsson AU - Peter Magnusson ED - Gustav Mattsson ED - Peter Magnusson Y1 - 2021-01-12 PY - 2021 T1 - An Overview of the Cardiomyopathies N2 - Cardiomyopathies are diseases of the heart muscle with diverse etiologies ranging from myocarditis to gene mutations. They are classified according to morphology and function, and then further categorized based on whether they are familial or non-familial and based on specific etiologies. This book examines the various cardiomyopathies, including arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and dilated cardiomyopathy, as well as their genetic basis. BT - Cardiomyopathy SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.95568 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.95568 SN - 978-1-78985-224-0 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-05-05 ER -