Cardiomyopathy in First-Degree Relatives of Patients Presenting With Acute Myocarditis: Prevalence and Prognostic Significance.

Jacinthe Boulet Neal K LakdawalaMia Nielsen ChristiansenMorten Schou Lars Valeur Køber Finn Gustafsson Gunnar Hilmar Gislason Christian Torp-Pedersen Charlotte Andersson

Published in: Circulation. Heart failure (2024)

Acute myocarditis aggregates with DCM within families, where it carries a worsened prognosis. A differential association between parents and siblings (with sibling preponderance) could suggest that additional environmental factors are important for myocarditis development even in predisposed individuals.

Keyphrases

liver failure
respiratory failure
aortic dissection
drug induced
heart failure
hepatitis b virus
intellectual disability
intensive care unit
acute respiratory distress syndrome