ESC Working Group on Myocardial & Pericardial Diseases

This ESC Working Group has a strong educational commitment, especially to young cardiologists, and tries to expand collaborations with basic scientists as well as non-cardiologist colleagues with a multidisciplinary interest in myocardial and pericardial diseases.

We warmly invite new colleagues to join our Working Group, since there is much work to be done to understand, diagnose and treat this complex but fascinating group of cardiovascular diseases.

Aims

To promote and organise epidemiological, clinical, genetic and immunological research in the field of:
- Cardiomyopathies
- Myocarditis and inflammatory cardiomyopathies with exclusive cardiac involvement
- New, unclassified cardiomyopathies
- Pericardial inflammatory diseases
- Tumors of the heart and pericardium
- Myocardial and pericardial involvement in systemic autoimmune or immune-oriented disorders
- Myocardial involvement in genetic diseases and in rare cardiovascular diseases
To promote ESC educational programs on myocardial and pericardial diseases.
To promote the participation of members of the Working group to ESC activities.
To promote European research networks and multicenter European translational studies in Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

Activities

To organise educational meetings on thematic topics.
To contribute to the organization and preparation of the annual ESC congress and to participate and support other scientific meetings and symposia.
To hold regular meetings of the Working Group.
To arrange Task Forces dealing with relevant issues and publish appropriate guidelines and recommendations of good clinical practice.

Nucleus 2022-2024

Chairperson

Dr. Massimo Imazio, FESC
Corso Trapani 195/A
IT-10141 Turin
Italy
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Chairperson-Elect

Prof. Carsten Tschoepe
Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) Center for Regenerative Therapies at Charite and Dept. Cardiology, CVK, Charite, Berlin, Germany
Head of the Cardiovascular System Unit and Head of the Cardiomyopathy Center (ATIC)
Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin
Germany
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Past-Chairperson

Dr. Antonios Pantazis
The Royal Brompton And Harefield Hospitals
Cardiology Department
Sydney Street
SW3 6NP London
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Secretary

Dr. George Lazaros, FESC
Greece
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Treasurer

Dr. Antonio Brucato
Italy
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Ordinary Nucleus members

Dr. Andrea Frustaci
Italy
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Dr. Petr Kuchynka
Czechia
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Prof. Johanna Kuusisto
Finland
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Dr. Angelos Rigopoulos, FESC
Greece
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Prof. Hubert Seggewiss
Germany
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Prof. Mary Sheppard
United Kingdom
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Non-voting Nucleus members

Dr. Silvia Castelletti
Italy
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Prof. Matteo Cameli
Italy
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Dr. Lia Crotti
Italy
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Dr. Marco Merlo
Italy
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Prof. Arsen Ristic
Belgrade
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