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The Guidelines “ Management of Myocarditis and Pericarditis” will be discussed during the session “2025 ESC Guidelines and Document overview” Friday 29 August at 8 :33 am CEST in room Madrid.
A dedicated ESC Guidelines Press Q&A session, featuring the task force chairs, will take place in the Press Area on Friday, 29 August, at 12:00 CEST.
2025 ESC Guidelines for the “ Management of Myocarditis and Pericarditis”, European Heart Journal, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf192
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