Classification of the cardiomyopathies: a position statement from the European Society Of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases.

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Published in Eur Heart J on October 04, 2007

Authors

Perry Elliott1, Bert Andersson, Eloisa Arbustini, Zofia Bilinska, Franco Cecchi, Philippe Charron, Olivier Dubourg, Uwe Kühl, Bernhard Maisch, William J McKenna, Lorenzo Monserrat, Sabine Pankuweit, Claudio Rapezzi, Petar Seferovic, Luigi Tavazzi, Andre Keren

Author Affiliations

1: Hadassah University Hospital Ein Kerem, Kirjat Hadassah, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.

Associated clinical trials:

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Non Ischemic Cardiomyopathy | NCT03638271

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