The continuum of personalized cardiovascular medicine: a position paper of the European Society of Cardiology

  • Paulus Kirchhof
  • Karin R Sipido
  • Martin R Cowie
  • Thomas Eschenhagen
  • Keith A A Fox
  • Hugo Katus
  • Stefan Schroeder
  • Heribert Schunkert
  • Silvia Priori
  • ESC CRT R&D and European Affairs Work Shop on Personalized Medicine

Abstract

There is strong need to develop the current stratified practice of CVD management into a better personalized cardiovascular medicine, within a broad framework of global patient care. Clinical information obtained from history and physical examination, functional and imaging studies, biochemical biomarkers, genetic/epigenetic data, and pathophysiological insights into disease-driving processes need to be integrated into a new taxonomy of CVDs to allow personalized disease management. This has the potential for major health benefits for the population suffering from cardiovascular diseases.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
ISSN0195-668X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 07.12.2014
PubMed 25148837