Guideline or statement

Treatment Strategies for Cardiomyopathy in Children: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

CirculationPublished

  • Scientific statement

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. Personalized therapy based on: (1) identification of the specific cardiac pathophysiology; (2) determination of the root cause so that, if applicable, cause-specific treatment can occur (precision medicine); (3) therapies based on the patient's clinical milieu

  2. Clinical milieus: at risk (phenotype negative), asymptomatic (phenotype positive), symptomatic, and end-stage cardiomyopathy

  3. Special emphasis on cause-specific therapies in children for prevention and attenuation of cardiomyopathy in addition to symptomatic treatments

Original publication

Treatment Strategies for Cardiomyopathy in Children: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. Published 8 June 2023. doi:10.1161/cir.0000000000001151

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