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
- fine needle aspiration
- emergency department
- intensive care unit
- acute myocardial infarction
- mitral valve
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- randomized controlled trial
- clinical trial
- study protocol
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- coronary artery disease
- computed tomography
- thoracic surgery
- catheter ablation