ReviewHerz2020
Inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy : Etiology and clinical management.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Viral Myocarditis as a Factor Leading to the Development of Heart Failure Symptoms, Including the Role of Parvovirus B19 Infection-Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Loss of fibronectin fiber tension is inherent to ECM remodeling in human myocarditis and post-inflammatory fibrosis.Matrix biology plus · 2025Article
- The role of NETosis in heart failure.Heart failure reviews · 2024Review
- Integrative Analyses of Circulating Proteins and Metabolites Reveal Sex Differences in the Associations with Cardiac Function among DCM Patients.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- SARS-CoV-2, vaccination or autoimmunity as causes of cardiac inflammation. Which form prevails?Herz · 2023Review
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- Circulating c-Met-Expressing Memory T Cells Define Cardiac Autoimmunity.Circulation · 2022Article
- QiShenYiQi pill for myocardial collagen metabolism and apoptosis in rats of autoimmune cardiomyopathy.Pharmaceutical biology · 2022Article
- Bioinformatics prediction of potential mechanisms and biomarkers underlying dilated cardiomyopathy.World journal of cardiology · 2022Article
- Genetic Association between Polymorphisms of Interleukin-32 and Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Chinese Han Population.Disease markers · 2022Article
- Autoimmune Myocarditis and Arrhythmogenic Mitral Valve Prolapse: An Unexpected Overlap Syndrome.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2021Article
- The Genetic Pathways Underlying Immunotherapy in Dilated Cardiomyopathy.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Review
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMi) is a syndrome, not an etiological disease entity. The infective etiology and the immunopathology can be best determined through endomyocardial biopsy with a complete work-up by light microscopy, immunohistology, and polymerase chain reaction for microbial agents. This review focuses on the methodological advances in diagnosis in the past few years and exemplifies the importance of an etiology-orientated treatment in different case scenarios. In fulminant nonviral myocarditis, immunosuppressive treatment together with hemodynamic stabilization of the patient via mechanical circulatory support (e.g., microaxial pumps, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, left ventricular assist device) can be life-saving. For viral inflammatory cardiomyopathy, intravenous immunoglobulin treatment can resolve inflammation and often eradicate the virus.
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