Critical approach to the 2023 European Society of Cardiology guidelines on cardiomyopathies: a document by the Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases of the Italian Society of Cardiology
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Last year, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) published the first guidelines to comprehensively address the management of cardiomyopathies. This document by the Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases of the Italian Society of Cardiology aims at highlighting the most relevant messages and novelties introduced by these guidelines for the management of patients affected by cardiomyopathies. Five main messages are summarized: the key role of the phenotype, the new classification of cardiomyopathies provided in the ESC guidelines, the importance given to new techniques such as cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and genetic testing, the newly provided recommendations given on sport activities and finally how the importance of follow-up evaluations is highlighted. These five main messages are then further analyzed more in depth so as to inform the reader on all the main novelties of the guidelines and to provide a critical approach to this important document.
Authors: Marco Merlo, Carola Pio Loco detto Gava, Maria Perotto, Alberto Aimo, Camillo Autore, Barbara Bauce, Elena Biagini, Francesco Cappelli, Silvia Castelletti, Flavio D’Ascenzi, Cesare de Gregorio, Giuseppe Limongelli, Francesca Marzo, Beatrice Musumeci, Giacomo Tini, Roberto Pedrinelli, Pasquale Perrone Filardi, Gianfranco Sinagra, Massimo Imazio
Institutions: University of Trieste, ERN GUARD-Heart, Azienda sanitaria universitaria Giuliano Isontina, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, University of Padua, IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, University of Siena, University of Messina, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Ospedale Monaldi, Ospedale Infermi di Rimini, Sapienza University of Rome, University of Pisa, University of Naples Federico II, University of Udine, Azienda sanitaria universitaria Friuli Centrale
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4407783090