ɪnðə lˈæɾɚ dˈɛkeɪdz ʌvðə twˈɛntiəθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi, nˈuː dɪskˈʌvɚɹiz ænd nˈuː θˈɪŋkɪŋ ɐbˌaʊt hˈɑːɹt mˈʌsəl dɪzˈiːz ɡˈeɪv ɹˈaɪz tə ðə tˈɜːm "kˌɑːɹdɪˌoʊmɪˈɑːpəθi".
In the latter decades of the twentieth century, new discoveries and new thinking about heart muscle disease gave rise to the term "cardiomyopathy".