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Consensus and Position Papers on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

ESC Working Group on Myocardial & Pericardial Diseases

The Working Group on Myocardial & Pericardial Diseases is involved in many scientific publications. Position papers and recommendations of interest have been written for professionals and scientists involved in managing heart muscle and pericardial disease.

Clinical care of family members of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy A clinical consensus statement of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial & Pericardial Diseases, and the European Society of Cardiology Council on Cardiovascular Genomics

European Heart Journal
3 Sep 2025

The role of cardiovascular multimodality imaging in the evaluation of Anderson–Fabry disease: from early diagnosis to therapy monitoring A clinical consensus statement of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the ESC

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
4 Feb 2025

Highlights from the 2024 Annual Meeting of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases in Athens

European Heart Journal
30 Jan 2025

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

European Heart Journal
26 Jun 2024

Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac amyloidosis: a position statement of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

European Heart Journal
7 Apr 2021

Diagnosis and management of myocardial involvement in systemic immune-mediated diseases: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Disease

European Heart Journal
26 Jun 2017

Multimodality Imaging in Restrictive Cardiomyopathies: An EACVI expert consensus document In collaboration with the “Working Group on myocardial and pericardial diseases” of the European Society of Cardiology Endorsed by The Indian Academy of Echocardiography

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
16 May 2017

Proposal for a revised definition of dilated cardiomyopathy, hypokinetic non-dilated cardiomyopathy, and its implications for clinical practice: a position statement of the ESC working group on myocardial and pericardial diseases

European Heart Journal
19 Jan 2016

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

European Heart Journal
6 Apr 2015

Triage strategy for urgent management of cardiac tamponade: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

European Heart Journal
7 Jul 2014

Current state of knowledge on aetiology, diagnosis, management, and therapy of myocarditis: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

European Heart Journal
3 Jul 2013

Diagnostic work-up in cardiomyopathies: bridging the gap between clinical phenotypes and final diagnosis. A position statement from the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

European Heart Journal
4 Dec 2012

Classification of the cardiomyopathies: a position statement from the european society of cardiology working group on myocardial and pericardial diseases

European Heart Journal
4 Oct 2007

Recommendations for competitive sports participation in athletes with cardiovascular disease A consensus document from the Study Group of Sports Cardiology of the Working Group of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology and the Working Group of Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology

European Heart Journal
27 May 2005

Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death: proposal for a common European protocol Consensus Statement of the Study Group of Sport Cardiology of the Working Group of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology and the Working Group of Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology

European Heart Journal
2 Feb 2005

Genetic counselling and testing of adult patients with cardiomyopathies: insight from the EORP cardiomyopathy and myocarditis registry of the European Society of Cardiology

Congress Presentation
28 Aug 2020