Contemporary Advances in Cardiomyopathies: Diagnosis, Risk Assessment and Therapeutic Innovation
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2027 | Viewed by 44
Editors
Interests: cardiomyopathies; cardiovascular genetics; cardiac imaging; heart failure; sports cardiology; sudden cardiac death; precision medicine
Interests: cardiomyopathies; inherited cardiac diseases; cardiac magnetic resonance; advanced cardiovascular imaging; multimodality imaging; risk stratification and sudden cardiac death; precision medicine
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Dear Colleagues,
Cardiomyopathies represent a heterogeneous group of myocardial disorders associated with substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide. Over the last decade, remarkable advances in cardiovascular genetics, multimodality imaging, molecular diagnostics, and disease-specific therapies have significantly improved our understanding of these conditions. At the same time, important challenges remain, including early diagnosis, risk stratification for sudden cardiac death, identification of disease modifiers, optimization of therapeutic strategies, and management of special populations such as athletes and women during pregnancy.
The field is currently experiencing a paradigm shift toward precision medicine, integrating clinical, imaging, genetic, and biomarker data to achieve personalized patient care. Emerging technologies, including advanced cardiac magnetic resonance, cardiac computed tomography, artificial intelligence, and novel targeted therapies, are reshaping the diagnostic and therapeutic landscape of cardiomyopathies. These developments offer unprecedented opportunities to improve patient outcomes while raising new scientific and clinical questions that warrant further investigation.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances in the field of cardiomyopathies, spanning basic and clinical research. We welcome the submission of original articles and comprehensive reviews addressing contemporary challenges and future directions in the diagnosis, risk assessment, and management of myocardial diseases.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Hypertrophic, dilated, arrhythmogenic, restrictive, and non-dilated left ventricular cardiomyopathies
- Genetic basis of cardiomyopathies and genotype–phenotype correlations
- Multimodality cardiovascular imaging and tissue characterization
- Cardiac magnetic resonance and advanced imaging techniques
- Risk stratification and prevention of sudden cardiac death
- Heart failure in cardiomyopathies
- Arrhythmias and device therapy
- Cardiomyopathies in athletes and sports cardiology
- Inflammatory and autoimmune myocardial diseases
- Precision medicine and personalized management strategies
- Novel pharmacological, interventional, and gene-based therapies
- Artificial intelligence and digital technologies in cardiomyopathy care
Dr. Maria Cristina Carella
Prof. Dr. Andrea Igoren Guaricci
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cardiomyopathies
- cardiovascular genetics
- cardiac magnetic resonance
- advanced cardiovascular imaging
- heart failure
- sports cardiology
- precision medicine
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