• The specific situation of the patient. Unless otherwise provided for by national regulations,
off-label use of medication should be limited to situations where it is in the patient's interest …

In the absence of contemporary, population-based epidemiological studies, estimates of the
incidence and prevalence of the inherited cardiomyopathies have been derived from …

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is an arrhythmogenic disorder of the myocardium
not secondary to ischemic, hypertensive, or valvular heart disease. ACM incorporates a …

Myocardial diseases are associated with an increased risk of potentially fatal cardiac
arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death/cardiac arrest during exercise, including hypertrophic …

Athletic training is associated with a spectrum of morphologic and functional cardiac
adaptations known as 'the athlete's heart'. 1, 2 To the purpose of the present document an …

Left ventricular non-compaction, the most recently classified form of cardiomyopathy, is
characterised by abnormal trabeculations in the left ventricle, most frequently at the apex. It …

Background: The clinical outcomes of noncompaction cardiomyopathy (NCCM) range from
asymptomatic to heart failure, arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death. Genetics play an …

The online-only Data Supplement is available with this article at http://circ. ahajournals.
org/lookup/suppl/doi: 10.1161/CIR. 0b013e318276ce9b/-/DC1. The online-only …

Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a valuable tool for the evaluation of patients with, or
at risk for, heart failure and has a growing impact on diagnosis, clinical management, and …

Excessive trabeculation, often referred to as “noncompacted” myocardium, has been
described at all ages, from the fetus to the adult. Current evidence for myocardial …