Cardiac catheterization or angiogram may be done to rule out coronary artery disease (CAD) as the etiology of heart failure in alcoholic cardiomyopathy.  In addition to ruling out CAD, cardiac catheteriation may also be helpful to assess cardiac output, cardiac hemodynamics and filling pressures.
Alcoholic cardiomyopathy other imaging findings
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy other imaging findings
Coronary angiography ACC-AHA characteristics of type A, B, and C coronary lesions
Electrocardiographic findings in left ventricular hypertrophy
Dilated cardiomyopathy other diagnostic studies
Stress cardiomyopathy other imaging findings
Alcoholic cardiomyopathy differential diagnosis
Electrocardiographic findings in right ventricular hypertrophy