Consensus and Position Papers on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

The Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases is involved in many scientific publications.

Position papers and recommendations of interest have been written for professionals and scientists involved in managing of heart muscle and pericardial disease.

Date

Title

• Date: 2024
  Title: State of the art and perspectives of gene therapy in heart failure. A scientific statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC, the ESC Council on Cardiovascular Genomics and the ESC Working Group on Myocardial & Pericardial Diseases
• Date: 2024
  Title: Management of cardiac sarcoidosis: A clinical consensus statement of the Heart Failure Association, the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, the ESC Working Group on Myocardial & Pericardial Diseases, and the European Heart Rhythm Association of the ESC
• Date: 2024
  Title: Diabetic myocardial disorder. A clinical consensus statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC and the ESC Working Group on Myocardial & Pericardial Diseases
• Date: 2022
  Title: Myocarditis Following COVID-19 Vaccine: Incidence, Presentation, Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, Therapy, and Outcomes put into Perspective. Clinical Consensus Document supported by the Heart Failure Association of the ESC and the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Disease
• Date: 2021
  Title: Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac amyloidosis: a position statement of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases
• Date: 2017
  Title: Diagnosis and management of myocardial involvement in systemic immune-mediated diseases
• Date: 2017
  Title: Multimodality Imaging in Restrictive Cardiomyopathies
• Date: 2016
  Title: Proposal for a revised definition of dilated cardiomyopathy, hypokinetic non-dilated cardiomyopathy, and its implications for clinical practice
• Date: 2015
  Title: The current role of next-generation DNA sequencing in routine care of patients with hereditary cardiovascular conditions: a viewpoint paper of the European Society of Cardiology working group on myocardial and pericardial diseases and members of the European Society of Human Genetics
• Date: 2014
  Title: Triage strategy for urgent management of cardiac tamponadee
• Date: 2014
  Title: Current state of knowledge on aetiology, diagnosis, management, and therapy of peripartum cardiomyopathy
• Date: 2013
  Title: Current state of knowledge on aetiology, diagnosis, management, and therapy of myocarditis
• Date: 2012
  Title: Diagnostic work-up in cardiomyopathies: bridging the gap between clinical phenotypes and final diagnosis
• Date: 2010
  Title: Genetic counselling and testing in cardiomyopathies: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases
• Date: 2007
  Title: Classification of the cardiomyopathies
• Date: 2005
  Title: Competitive sports participation in athletes with cardiovascular disease
• Date: 2005
  Title: Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death: proposal for a common European protocol