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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.
Alida L P Caforio
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Sabine Pankuweit ,
Eloisa Arbustini ,
Cristina Basso ,
Juan Gimeno-Blanes ,
Stephan B Felix ,
Michael Fu ,
Tiina Heliö ,
Stephane Heymans ,
Roland Jahns ,
Karin Klingel ,
Ales Linhart ,
Bernhard Maisch ,
William McKenna ,
Jens Mogensen ,
Yigal M Pinto ,
Arsen Ristic ,
Heinz-Peter Schultheiss ,
Hubert Seggewiss ,
Luigi Tavazzi ,
Gaetano Thiene ,
Ali Yilmaz ,
Philippe Charron ,
Perry M Elliott
Sep 2013
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Abstract
In this position statement of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases an expert consensus group reviews the current knowledge on clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis, and proposes new diagnostic criteria for clinically suspected myocarditis and its distinct biopsy-proven pathogenetic forms. The aims are to bridge the gap between clinical and tissue-based diagnosis, to improve management and provide a common reference point for future registries and multicentre randomised controlled trials of aetiology-driven treatment in inflammatory heart muscle disease.