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Paper of the Month

This section includes a selection of interesting papers provided by members of the Working Group. The papers are first sent out to Working Group members via the newsletter and then published on the website.

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04/11/2009 00:00:00

 List of Papers


DateTitleAuthors
01 Apr 2012Altered Desmosomal Proteins in Granulomatous Myocarditis and Potential Pathogenic Links to Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular CardiomyopathyAngeliki Asimaki; Harikrishna Tandri; Elizabeth R. Duffy; Jeffrey R. Winterfield; Shannon Mackey-Bojack; Maria M. Picken; Leslie T. Cooper; David J. Wilber; Frank I. Marcus; Cristina Basso; Gaetano Thiene; Adalena Tsatsopoulou; Nikos Protonotarios; William G. Stevenson; William J. McKenna; Shiva Gautam; Daniel G. Remick; Hugh Calkins; Jeffrey E. Saffitz - Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011;4:743-752.
Presented by: J.M. López-Ayala and J. Gimeno
01 Mar 2012Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Guided Alcohol Septal Ablation (PTSMA)Barbara Pfeiffer, Angelos Rigopoulos, Hubert Seggewiss
01 Feb 2012Truncations of Titin Causing Dilated CardiomyopathyHerman D S , Lam L, Taylor M R G, Wang L, Teekakirikul P, Christodoulou D, Conner L, DePalma S R, McDonough B, Sparks E, Lin Teodorescu D, Cirino A L, Banner N R, Pennell D J, Graw S, Merlo M, Di Lenarda A, Sinagra G, Bos J M, Ackerman M J, Mitchell R N, Murry C E, Lakdawala N K, Ho C Y, Barton P J R, Cook S A, Mestroni L, Seidman J G and Seidman C E.
01 Jan 2012Colchicine Reduces Postoperative Atrial FibrillationM. Imazio; A. Brucato; P. Ferrazzi; M. E. Rovere; A. Gandino; R. Cemin; S. Ferrua; R. Belli; S. Maestroni; C. Simon; E. Zingarelli; A. Barosi; F. Sansone; D. Patrini; E.Vitali; R. Trinchero; D. H. Spodick; Y. Adler; for the COPPS Investigators
01 Nov 2011Percutaneous radiofrequency septal reduction for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy in childrenN Sreeram, M. Emmel, JV de Giovanni
JACC 2011 Dec 6; 58 (24) 2501-10
01 Oct 2011Clinical and Demographic Predictors of Outcomes in Recent Onset Dilated Cardiomyopathy Results of the IMACMcNamara DM, Starling RC, Cooper LT, Boehmer JP, Mather PJ, Janosko KM, Gorcsan J, 3rd, Kip KE, Dec GW.
01 Sep 2011Frequency of Recurrence of Pericardial Tamponade in Patients With Extended Versus Nonextended Pericardial Catheter DrainageRafique AM, Patel N, Biner S, Eshaghian S, Mendoza F, Cercek B, Siegel RJ.
01 Aug 2011Systematic review of pregnancy in women with inherited cardiomyopathiesSébastien P.J. Krul, Jasper J. van Der Smagt, Maarten P. van den Berg, Krystyna M. Sollie, Petronella G. Pieper and Karin Y. van Spaendonck-Zwarts.
European Journal of Heart Failure. 2011:13;584-594.
01 Jul 2011Genome-wide Significance and Replication of the Chromosome 12p11.22Benjamin D. Horne; Kismet D. Rasmusson; Rami Alharethi; Deborah Budge; Kimberly D. Brunisholz; Torri Metz; John F. Carlquist; Jennifer J. Connolly; T. Flint Porter; Donald L. Lappé; Joseph B. Muhlestein; Robert Silver MD; Josef Stehlik; James J. Park; Heidi T. May; Tami L. Bair; Jeffrey L. Anderson; Dale G. Renlund; Abdallah G. Kfoury. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2011 Jun 10
01 Jun 2011Sarcomere Gene Mutations in Isolated Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy Do Not Predict Clinical PhenotypeS. Probst, E. Oechslin, Pia Schuler, M. Greutmann, P. Boyé, W. Knirsch, F. Berger, L. Thierfelder, R.Jenni and S. Klaassen
01 May 2011Endocardial radiofrequency ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathyLawrenz T, Borchert B, Leuner C, Bartelsmeier M, Reinhardt J, Strunk-Mueller C, Meyer Zu Vilsendorf D, Schloesser M, Beer G, Lieder F, Stellbrink C, Kuhn H.
01 Apr 2011Use of CMR for risk stratification in chronic heart failure:Lehrke S, Lossnitzer D, Schöb M, Steen H, Merten C, Kemmling H, Pribe R, Ehlermann P, Zugk C, Korosoglou G, Giannitsis E and Katus HA.
01 Mar 2011Desmosomal Mutations in Dilated Cardiomyopathy.Elliott P, O'Mahony C, Syrris P, Evans A, Rivera Sorensen C, Sheppard MN, Carr-White G, Pantazis A, McKenna WJ.
01 Feb 2011Impact of troponin I-autoantibodies in chronic dilated and ischemic cardiomyopathy.Doesch AO, Mueller S, Nelles M, Konstandin M, Celik S, Frankenstein L, Goeser S, Kaya Z, Koch A, Zugck C, Katus HA.
01 Jan 2011Virus serology in patients with suspected myocarditis: utility or futility?Felix Mahfoud, Barbara Gärtner, Michael Kindermann, Christian Ukena, Katharina Gadomski, Karin Klingel, Reinhard Kandolf, Michael Böhm, and Ingrid Kindermann.
01 Dec 2010Identification of Novel Mutations in RBM20 in Patients with Dilated CardiomyopathyDuanxiang Li, M.D., M.S., Ana Morales , M.S., C.G.C., Jorge Gonzalez-Quintana , B.S. , Nadine Norton , Ph.D., Jill D. Siegfried , M.S., C.G.C., Mark Hofmeyer, M.D., and
Ray E. Hershberger, M.D.
Presented by: Dr. Abdelaziz Beqqali and Prof. Dr. Yigal Pinto
01 Nov 2010COlchicine for the Prevention of the Post-pericardiotomy Syndrome (COPPS): a multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialImazio M, Trinchero R, Brucato A, Rovere ME, Gandino A, Cemin R, Ferrua S, Maestroni S, Zingarelli E, Barosi A, Simon C, Sansone F, Patrini D, Vitali E, Ferrazzi P, Spodick DH, Adler Y; on behalf of the COPPS Investigators.
Presented by Arsen D. Ristić.
01 Aug 2010Prognostic Significance of Myocardial Fibrosis in Hypertrophic CardiomyopathyDr. Barbara Pfeiffer & Prof. Hubert Seggewiss
01 Jul 2010Multiple mutations in desmosomal proteins encoding genes in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasiaR Barriales-Villa, L Monserrat 
01 Jun 2010DNA testing for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a cost-effectiveness model.Charron Ph.
01 May 2010Clinical Features and Outcome of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Associated With Triple Sarcomere Protein Gene MutationsE. Biagini, M. Lorenzini, C. Rapezzi
01 Apr 2010Diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasiaA. Muir, P. M. Elliott
01 Mar 2010Disease penetrance and risk stratification for sudden cardiac death in asymptomatic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation carriersT. Heliö
01 Feb 2010Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug treatment for postoperative pericardial effusion: A multicenter randomized, double-blind trialA. Ristic
01 Jan 2010Implications of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Transmitted by Sperm DonationE. Arbustini, A. Serio, M. Pasotti, F. I Gambarin and L. Tavazzi
01 Dec 2009Systemic Cardiac Amyloidoses. Disease Profiles and Clinical Courses of the 3 Main TypesC. Quarta & L. Tavazzi
01 Nov 2009Exercise-induced ventricular arrhythmias and risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.C. Blank ; H. Seggewiss
01 Oct 2009Diagnostic synergy of non-invasive cardiovascular magnetic resonance and invasive endomyocardial biopsy in troponin-positive patients without coronary artery disease. Assoc. Prof. Zofia T. Bilinska, Lukasz A. Malek, M.D. PhD
01 Sep 2009Circulating transforming growth factor-β in Marfan syndromeProf. Andre Keren
05 Aug 2009A new diagnostic test for arrrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Dr. Lorenzo Montserrat -  Dr. Martín Ortiz
01 Jul 2009The TIMIC study Pankuweit S.
01 Jun 2009Genetic Evaluation of CardiomyopathyC. Rapezzi
01 May 2009A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in pulmonary hypertensionTavazzi L.
01 Apr 2009Long-term outcome and risk stratification in dilated cardiolaminopathiesHeliö T.
01 Mar 2009A randomised trial of intrapericardial bleomycin for malignant invasion of the heart and pericardiumRistic A. 
01 Feb 2009Re-examination of the Electrocardiogram in Boys With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Correlation With Its Dilated Cardiomyopathy.Arbustini E.
01 Jan 2009Quantitative assessment of endomyocardial biopsy in arrhythmogenic right ventricular: an in vitro validation of diagnostic criteria Pankuweit S.
01 Dec 2008Long term exercise capacity in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy treated with percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablationSeggewiss, H.
30 Nov 2008Prolonged Caloric Restriction in Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Decreases Myocardial Triglyceride Content and Improves Myocardial FunctionPracon, R. & Bilinska, Z. 
01 Oct 2008Mutations in Sarcomere Protein Genes in Left Ventricular NoncompactionMonserrat L.
01 Jul 2008Current role of endomyocardial biopsy in the management of cardiomyopathiesPankuweit S.

01 Jun 2008Shared Genetic Causes of Cardiac Hypertrophy in Children and AdultsRapezzi.C
01 Apr 2008Is the Tako Tsubo syndrome a hyperadrenergic entity?Tavazzi L.
01 Mar 2008Classification Concept of the ESC Working Group of Myocardial and Pericardial DiseasesElliot P.