title: 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.
abstract: In this paper the Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Disease proposes a revised definition of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in an attempt to bridge the gap between our recent understanding of the disease spectrum and its clinical presentation in relatives, which is key for early diagnosis and the institution of potential preventative measures. We also provide practical hints to identify subsets of the DCM syndrome where aetiology directed management has great clinical relevance.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiology and Experimental Cardiology, Academic Medical Hospital (AMC) at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands y.pinto@amc.uva.nl.
authors.forename: Yigal M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Inherited Cardiac Diseases Unit, The Heart Hospital, University College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Perry M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.affiliation: Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, IRCCS Foundation Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Eloisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arbustini
authors.affiliation: Management, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, The Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Yehuda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.affiliation: First Cardiology Department, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Aris
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anastasakis
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Böhm
authors.affiliation: Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP HP), Hôpital Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Duboc
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Virgen de Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gimeno
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, Pôle cardio-vasculaire et Pulmonaire, CHRU de Lille, Lille, France Inserm U1167, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Université de Lille 2, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Groote
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Maria Vittoria Hospital and University of Torino, Torino, Italia.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imazio
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands ICIN, Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Stephane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heymans
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Pathology, Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Klingel
authors.affiliation: INSERM UMRS-956, UPMC Univ Paris 6, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komajda
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Monaldi Hospital, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Limongelli
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, General University Hospital and the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Ales
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Linhart
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mogensen
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Imaging and Biostatistics, The Heart Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Petronella G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Pieper
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Petar M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Seferovic
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schueler
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Imaging Unit, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Jose L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zamorano
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiological Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Alida L P
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Caforio
authors.affiliation: Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Charron
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis; D010375:Pedigree; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Dilated cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Position statement