Sahlgrenska Cardiomyopathy Project

Sahlgrenska University Hospital Cardiomyopathy Project: Mapping and Diagnosis of Cardiomyopathies to Enable Early and Specific Treatment

This is a joint project by Sahlgrenska University Hospital: Sahlgrenska, Östra and Mölndal.

Our objective is to diagnose and map patients with well phenotyped cardiomyopathies (CMP) including in depth clinical and molecular phenotyping to enable earlier and specific treatment. The project will serve as:

1. resource for diagnostic and therapeutic trials
2. common biomaterial bank
3. resource for detailed molecular analyses on patients' biomaterials and patient specific symptoms and examination results

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with primary cardiomyopathies including hereditary and inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, giant cell myocarditis, sarcoidosis and amyloidosis engaging the heart

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient with other preexisting cardiac diseases such as significant valvular, ischemic or pericardial disease before they receive a cardiomyopathy diagnose
• patients < 18 years