Endomyocardial biopsy: safety and prognostic utility in paediatric and adult myocarditis in the European Society of Cardiology EURObservational Research Programme Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis Long-Term Registry.
Alida Linda Patrizia CaforioJuan P KaskiJuan R GimenoPerry M ElliottCecile LarocheLuigi TavazziMichal TenderaMichael FuSimone SalaPetar M SeferovicTiina HeliöLeonardo CalòOlga BlagovaAhmad AminIngrid KindermannGianfranco SinagraAndrea FrustaciDaniel BonnetPhilippe CharronAldo P Maggioninull nullPublished in: European heart journal (2024)
Endomyocardial biopsy was safe, and cardiac magnetic resonance using Lake Louise criteria was less sensitive, particularly in children. Virus-negative lymphocytic myocarditis was predominant both in children and adults, and use of immunosuppressive treatments was low. Lower left ventricular ejection fraction and the need for immunosuppressants at diagnosis were independent predictors of unfavourable outcome events at 1 year.
Keyphrases
- ejection fraction
- left ventricular
- aortic stenosis
- magnetic resonance
- young adults
- heart failure
- ultrasound guided
- intensive care unit
- acute myocardial infarction
- randomized controlled trial
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- cardiac surgery
- mitral valve
- computed tomography
- clinical trial
- aortic valve
- left atrial
- contrast enhanced
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- childhood cancer
- water quality