Arsen D. Ristić

TL;DR: The aims are to bridge the gap between clinical and tissue-based diagnosis, to improve management and provide a common reference point for future registries and multicentre randomised controlled trials of aetiology-driven treatment in inflammatory heart muscle disease.

TL;DR: There is an urgent need to develop evidence‐based treatment algorithms to prolong life when possible and in accordance with patient preferences, increase life quality, and reduce the burden of hospitalization in this vulnerable patient population.

TL;DR: In the setting of either pressure overload or volume overload, the right ventricular mechanics and function are altered and the RV chamber becomes more spherical and tricuspid regurgitation is aggravated, a cascade leading to increasing venous congestion as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The basic premise is that the adoption of a cardiomyopathy-specific mindset which combines conventional cardiological assessment with non-cardiac and molecular parameters increases diagnostic accuracy and thus improves advice and treatment for patients and families.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide guidance to practicing physicians and nurses to manage acute heart failure in the pre-hospital and hospital setting, including criteria of hospitalization and of discharge, and gaps in knowledge and perspectives.