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
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
- Flavio D’Ascenzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0947-6836)
- Marco Merlo
- Francesca Marzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5537-9589)
- Silvia Castelletti
- Maria Perotto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8252-2934)
- Beatrice Musumeci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4872-7981)
- Camillo Autore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6542-7342)
- Cesare de Gregorio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3022-266X)
- Carola Pio Loco Detto Gava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2690-5169)
- Giuseppe Limongelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8291-9517)
- Massimo Imazio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5722-0245)
- Barbara Bauce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7357-293X)
- Giacomo Tini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8520-152X)
- Elena Biagini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0295-0440)
- Francesco Cappelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1622-0732)
- Pasquale Perrone Filardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3663-0931)
- Roberto Pedrinelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7745-3890)
- Gianfranco Sinagra
- Alberto Aimo
Institutions
- University of Siena (IT)
- University of Pisa (IT)
- University of Messina (IT)
- University of Udine (IT)
- University of Padua (IT)
- University of Trieste (IT)
- Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (IT)
- Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale (IT)
- University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
- Azienda USL di Bologna (IT)
- Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di Udine (IT)
- Ospedale Infermi di Rimini (IT)
- IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano (IT)
- ERN GUARD-Heart (NL)
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT)
- Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio (IT)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2459/jcm.0000000000001698
- Primary Topic
- Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00