PART I CARDIOMYOPATHIES 1 Cardiomyopathies: Clinical relevance, epidemiology, definition and classification.- 2 Genetics: Genotype/phenotype correlations in cardiomyopathies.- 3 Role of basic and advanced imaging in cardiomyopathies.- PART II DILATED CARDIOMIOPATHY 4 Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Clinical assessment and differential diagnosis.- 5 Basic echocardiography in dilated cardiomyopathy.- 6 Advanced echocardiographic technologies in dilated cardiomyopathy.- 7 Other imaging techniques in dilated cardiomyopathy.- 8 Dilated cardiomyopathy: Usefulness of imaging in prognostic stratification and choice of treatment.- PART III HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY.- 9 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Clinical assessment and differential diagnosis.- 10 Basic echocardiography in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.- 11 Advanced echocardiographic technologies in cypertrophic cardiomyopathy.- 12 Other imaging techniques in the assessment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.- 13 Usefulness of imaging in prognostic stratification and choice of treatment in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.- PART IV ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY 14 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: Clinical assessment and differential diagnosis.- 15 Basic echocardiography in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy.- 16 Advanced echocardiographic technologies in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy.- 17 Other imaging techniques in the assessment of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.- 18 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: Usefulness of imaging in prognostic stratification and choice of treatment.- PART V RESTRICTIVE, INFILTRATIVE/STORAGE AND OTHER CARDIOMYOPATHIES 19 Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: Clinical assessment and imaging in diagnosis and patient management.- 20 Infiltrative/Storage Cardiomyopathies: Clinical assessment and imaging in diagnosis and patient management.- 21 Other Cardiomyopathies: Clinical assessment and imaging in diagnosis and patientmanagement.