Erschienen in:
01.05.2020 | Editorial
Cardiomyopathies—past, present, future
verfasst von:
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Maisch, Prof. Dr. Johann Bauersachs
Erschienen in:
Herz
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Ausgabe 3/2020
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Excerpt
In the eighteenth century the only heart muscle disease known in the medical literature was myocarditis, because at that time coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction were virtually unknown [
1]. Around 1900, heart muscle diseases were mentioned as such, but it was not until 1960 that the term “cardiomyopathy” or “myocardiopathy” was used for the first time [
2,
3]. Historically, cardiomyopathies or myocardiopathies were defined as genuine diseases of the heart muscle. This definition excluded as causes hypertension, congenital or valvular disease, pericarditis, and also ischemic cardiovascular disorders [
4]. In 1980 the World Health Organization/International Society and Federation of Cardiology (WHO/ISFC) Task Force defined it as “heart muscle diseases of unknown cause [
5].” …
