Persistent left ventricular dysfunction after acute lymphocytic myocarditis: Frequency and predictors.
Marco MerloEnrico AmmiratiPiero GentileJessica ArticoAntonio CannataGherardo FinocchiaroGiulia BarbatiPaola SormaniMarisa VarrentiAndrea PerkanEnrico FabrisAneta AleksovaRossana BussaniDuccio PetrellaManlio CiprianiClaudia RaineriMaria FrigerioGianfranco SinagraPublished in: PloS one (2019)
More than half of patients presenting with acute LM and LVEF <50% who survive the acute phase show persistent LV dysfunction after 1-year from hospital discharge. Features of subacute inflammatory process and of established myocardial damage at initial hospitalization emerged as predictors of this end-point.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- oxidative stress
- liver failure
- heart failure
- respiratory failure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- acute myocardial infarction
- aortic stenosis
- left atrial
- hepatitis b virus
- aortic dissection
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- atrial fibrillation
- aortic valve
- mechanical ventilation
- catheter ablation