Cardiomyopathies: classification, diagnosis, and treatment

Bernhard Maisch; Michel Noutsias; Volker Ruppert; Anette Richter; Sabine Pankuweit

doi:10.1016/j.hfc.2011.08.014

Cardiomyopathies: classification, diagnosis, and treatment

Heart Fail Clin. 2012 Jan;8(1):53-78. doi: 10.1016/j.hfc.2011.08.014.

Authors

Bernhard Maisch¹, Michel Noutsias, Volker Ruppert, Anette Richter, Sabine Pankuweit

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Philipps University, UKGM GmbH, Baldinger Street, 35043 Marburg, Germany. maisch@staff.uni-marburg.de

PMID: 22108727
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2011.08.014

Abstract

This article comments on the recent classifications of cardiomyopathies by the American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology with respect to their clinical applicability. Taking them and the statement on the role of endomyocardial biopsies in different clinical scenarios together, the clinician is now able to identify genetic, autoimmune, and viral causative factors by using a thorough and logical approach to reach a diagnosis in patients with familial and nonfamilial forms of the underlying structural heart muscle diseases. In this overview, a special emphasis is also placed on the management of inflammatory and viral cardiomyopathies.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research / methods*
Cardiology / methods*
Cardiomyopathies* / classification
Cardiomyopathies* / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathies* / therapy
Humans
Societies, Medical