European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on December 22, 2007
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm585
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Revisiting definition and classification of cardiomyopathies in the era of molecular medicine
University of Padova Medical School, Via A. Gabelli, 61, I-35121 Padova, Italy
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This editorial refers to ‘Classification of the cardiomyopathies: a position statement from the European Society of CardiologyWorking Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases’ by P. Elliott et al. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm342
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Primary myocardial diseases have always attracted the attention of the scientific community because of their obscure aetiopathogenesis, and for years there was confusion and controversy regarding their nosography and taxonomy. Since the first WHO official classification,1 tremendous progress has been made.2 Novel entities have been discovered, requiring an update of the classification in 1995,3 and the aetiology of many forms has been clarified.
The Working Group of Myocardial and Pericardial Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) recently published a position statement4 different from the 2006 American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement.5
The scope of the present editorial is to deal with the nosographic impact of the advances made since 1995 and to comment on the ESC position statement which has been designed to provide a valid tool for routine clinical practice.
Revision of the definition and classification of cardiomyopathies in 1995
The discovery of novel cardiomyopathies, namely arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), primary restrictive cardiomyopathy, and non-compacted myocardium,
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of cardiomyopathies
2006 AHA scientific statement
2007 ESC position statement
Conclusions
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