Pediatric Cardiomyopathies: From Genotype to Phenotype

Dear Colleagues, 

Cardiomyopathies in children are rare diseases (estimated incidence of ≈1 per 100 000 children). They are a major cause of morbidity, and major indications for heart transplantation and mortality. If we compare Children cardiomyopathy to other rare diseases (including cancers), a clear divergence is observed in terms of advances in research and dedicated scientific meetings in the latter group. The main focus of this Issue is to offer an updated landscape and increase knowledge in specific characteristics related to childhood onset cardiomyopathies and to attempt to establish personalized management workflows that can help clinicians when facing specific and sometimes “ultra-rare” cardiomyopathies in children.

Dr. Anwar Baban
Prof. Dr. Sabine Klaassen
Guest Editor

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