Society guideline links: Cardiomyopathy

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Heart failure in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Heart failure in children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Arrhythmias in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Arrhythmias in children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Syncope".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Myocarditis".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy".)

International

●European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS): Expert consensus statement on the state of genetic testing for cardiac diseases (2022)

●HRS: Expert consensus statement on evaluation, risk stratification, and management of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (2019)

●HRS/EHRA: Expert consensus statement on the state of genetic testing for the channelopathies and cardiomyopathies (2011, reaffirmed 2018)

United States

●American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC): Clinical considerations for competitive sports participation for athletes with cardiovascular abnormalities – A scientific statement (2025)

●AHA/ACC/American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES)/Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR): Guideline for the management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (2024)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on nonischemic myocardial disease with clinical manifestations (ischemic cardiomyopathy already excluded) (2021)

●AHA: Scientific statement on genetic testing for inherited cardiovascular diseases (2020)

●AHA: Scientific statement on cardiomyopathy in children – Classification and diagnosis (2019)

●American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG): Clinical practice resource on genetic evaluation of cardiomyopathy (2018)

●Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA): Practice guideline on genetic evaluation of cardiomyopathy (2018)

●AHA: Scientific statement for the management of cardiac involvement associated with neuromuscular diseases (2017)

●AHA: Scientific statement on the current diagnostic and treatment strategies for specific dilated cardiomyopathies (2016)

●ACC: The MOGE(S) classification of cardiomyopathy for clinicians (2014)

●AHA/ACC: Scientific statement for the assessment of the 12-lead ECG as a screening test for detection of cardiovascular disease in healthy general populations of young people (12–25 years of age) (2014)

●American Society of Echocardiography (ASE): Clinical recommendations for multimodality cardiovascular imaging of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (2011)

●AHA/ACC/European Society of Cardiology (ESC): The role of endomyocardial biopsy in the management of cardiovascular disease (2007)

Europe

●European Society of Cardiology (ESC): Guidelines for the management of cardiomyopathies (2023)

●European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS): Expert consensus statement on the state of genetic testing for cardiac diseases (2022)

●European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC): Position statement on recommendations for participation in competitive and leisure time sport in athletes with cardiomyopathies, myocarditis, and pericarditis (2018)

●HRS/EHRA: Expert consensus statement on the state of genetic testing for the channelopathies and cardiomyopathies (2011, reaffirmed 2018)

●ESC: Position statement on classification of the cardiomyopathies (2008)

●American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology (ACC)/ESC: The role of endomyocardial biopsy in the management of cardiovascular disease (2007)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance on non-surgical reduction of the myocardial septum (2004)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japanese Circulation Society (JCS): Guideline on diagnosis and treatment of cardiomyopathies (2018)