Approaches to Prevention and Early Detection of Cardiomyopathies: Memorandum from a WHO Meeting

Overview

Journal Bull World Health Organ

Specialty Public Health

Date 1986 Jan 1

PMID 3533298

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Abstract

A meeting on cardiomyopathies was held in Geneva on 25-27 March 1985 to review the state of understanding concerning these diseases and to update the information and recommendations contained in the published report of the WHO Expert Committee on Cardiomyopathies which had met in 1983. Particular emphasis was given to discussing new scientific knowledge, priorities for etiological research, proposals for cooperation between research centres in developed and developing countries, early detection of cardiomyopathies, and possible population studies related to the disease.

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