Evaluation of cardiomyopathy

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Key articles

Arbelo E, Protonotarios A, Gimeno JR, et al. 2023 ESC guidelines for the management of cardiomyopathies. Eur Heart J. 2023 Oct 1;44(37):3503-626.Full text  Abstract

Ommen SR, Mital S, Burke MA, et al. 2020 AHA/ACC guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association joint committee on clinical practice guidelines. Circulation. 2020 Dec 22;142(25):e558-631.Full text  Abstract

Nagueh SF, Phelan D, Abraham T, et al. Recommendations for multimodality cardiovascular imaging of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: an update from the American Society of Echocardiography, in collaboration with the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2022 Jun;35(6):533-69.Full text  Abstract

American College of Radiology. ACR appropriateness criteria® Nonischemic myocardial disease with clinical manifestations (ischemic cardiomyopathy already excluded). May 2021 [internet publication].Full text  Abstract

British Society of Echocardiography. Diagnosis and assessment of dilated cardiomyopathy: a guideline protocol from the British Society of Echocardiography. Jun 2017 [internet publication].Full text

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