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ArticleArchives of medical science : AMS2018

Viral genome changes and the impact of viral genome persistence in myocardium of patients with inflammatory cardiomyopathy.

Dalibor Mlejnek, Jan Krejci, Petr Hude, Eva Ozabalova, Vita Zampachova, Radka Stepanova, Iva Svobodová, Tomas Freiberger, Eva Nemcova, Lenka Spinarova

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Article in Archives of medical science : AMS, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Dalibor MlejnekDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, St. Anne's University Hospital and Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Jan KrejciDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, St. Anne's University Hospital and Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Petr HudeDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, St. Anne's University Hospital and Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Eva OzabalovaDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, St. Anne's University Hospital and Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Vita ZampachovaDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, St. Anne's University Hospital and Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Radka StepanovaThe International Clinical Research Center, Brno, Czech Republic.
Iva SvobodováDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, St. Anne's University Hospital and Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Tomas FreibergerCenter for Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgery, Brno, Czech Republic.
Eva NemcovaCenter for Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgery, Brno, Czech Republic.
Lenka SpinarovaDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, St. Anne's University Hospital and Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
St. Anne's University Hospital Brno · CZMasaryk University · CZCentrum kardiovaskulární a transplantační chirurgie · CZInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno · CZ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionViral infections are considered the most frequent cause of myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). MATERIAL AND

methodsWe investigated the changes in viral presence and the impact of viral genome persistence in the myocardium on echocardiographic parameters, functional status and some laboratory parameters in a 6-month follow-up. Fifty-four patients with recent onset DCM, left ventricular ejection fraction < 40% and biopsy-proven myocarditis (> 14 mononuclear leukocytes/mm

resultsIn the standard heart failure medication group viral clearance was observed in 13 patients and viral persistence in 24 patients in the follow-up period. Comparing both groups, there was no statistically significant difference - LVEF improvement of 12.0 ±11.4% vs. 18.3 ±12.6%, decrease in NYHA class of 0.7 ±0.7 vs. 1.0 ±0.7, decline in NT-proBNP of 1335 ±1933 ng/l vs. 1942 ±3242 ng/l and decrease in infiltrating leukocytes of 11.1 ±15.8 vs. 6.7 ±23.0 cells/mm

conclusionsA decrease in the number of positive PCR findings in control endomyocardial biopsy was observed. Viral genome persistence was not associated with worse outcome in short-term follow-up.

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dilated cardiomyopathyendomyocardial biopsyinflammatory cardiomyopathymyocarditispolymerase chain reaction

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PMID30393478
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