ArticleHeart and vessels2017
Factors and values at admission that predict a fulminant course of acute myocarditis: data from Tokyo CCU network database.
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- Early characteristics of fulminant myocarditis vs non-fulminant myocarditis: A meta-analysis.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Clinical characteristics and emergency department-based warning indicators of fulminant myocarditis in children.PloS one · 2026Article
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- Prognostic role of systemic immune-inflammation index versus other cardiac markers in acute myocarditis in young adults.Biomarkers in medicine · 2024Article
- Development and Validation of a Prediction Model on Adult Emergency Department Patients for Early Identification of Fulminant Myocarditis.Current medical science · 2023Article
- Ultra Short Heart Rate Variability Predicts Clinical Outcomes in Patients with a Clinical Presentation Consistent with Myocarditis: A Derivation Cohort Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Clinical and electrocardiographic characteristics in patients with fulminant myocarditis.Journal of arrhythmia · 2022Article
- The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children with acute fulminant myocarditis.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2021Article
- When should mechanical circulatory support be considered in pediatric patients with acute fulminant myocarditis?Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2021Article
- Risk factors analysis of prognosis of adult acute severe myocarditis.World journal of clinical cases · 2020Article
- Clinical characteristics and treatment effects of astragalus injection in non-pediatric patients with acute fulminant myocarditis.Medicine · 2020Article
- Management of Acute Myocarditis and Chronic Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy: An Expert Consensus Document.Circulation. Heart failure · 2020Review
- Fulminant myocarditis: Characteristics, treatment, and outcomes.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Prognosis of acute myocarditis is generally benign, but fulminant cases exist which require advanced life support devices, such as percutaneous cardio-pulmonary support (PCPS) and ventricular assist devices (VAD), and lead to fatal outcomes. The purpose of this study was to identify predictors and their values at admission which might foreshadow a fulminant course of myocarditis. Data from 138 patients (mean age 42.0 years, 79 males) with a diagnosis of acute myocarditis in the Tokyo CCU Network database from 2007 to 2009 were analyzed retrospectively. Patients were divided into fulminant (in-hospital death, or PCPS or VAD requirement, N = 42) and non-fulminant groups (N = 96). Clinical data at admission were compared between them. Overall in-hospital mortality was 14.5%. On multivariate analysis, low systolic blood pressure (BPsys, odds ratio (OR)/mmHg 0.97; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.93-1.00, p = 0.032) and electrocardiographic QRS complex prolongation (OR/10 ms 1.28; 95% CI 1.10-1.59, p = 0.0034) at admission were independent factors associated with a fulminant course. By receiver operator characteristic curve analysis, the area under the curve predicting a fulminant course was 0.769 for low BPsys and 0.821 for prolongation of QRS duration. The optimal cut-off value was 101 mmHg for BPsys (sensitivity 79.5%, specificity 68.0%), and 120 ms for QRS duration (sensitivity 72.2%, specificity 88.0%). Systolic hypotension and prolonged QRS on admission are predictors of a fulminant course of myocarditis.
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