Pathogenic truncating filamin C mutations presenting as acute myocarditis: a case series with insights from cardiac magnetic resonance and histological analysis.
Apostolos VrettosPolyvios DemetriadesMartín OrtizFernando DomínguezPablo García-PavíaM Paz Suárez-MierThomas GossiosKonstantinos SavvatisPublished in: European heart journal. Case reports (2024)
Genetic testing of affected individuals for FLNC mutations and cascade screening in the setting of acute myocarditis may be considered in selected clinical context, such as in acute myocarditis accompanied by severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction, biventricular failure, significant ventricular arrhythmias, or right ventricular involvement.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- liver failure
- magnetic resonance
- respiratory failure
- heart failure
- drug induced
- aortic dissection
- acute myocardial infarction
- hepatitis b virus
- mitral valve
- left atrial
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- early onset
- oxidative stress
- computed tomography
- intensive care unit
- aortic stenosis
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- mechanical ventilation
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- aortic valve
- acute coronary syndrome