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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021

Viral Myocarditis-From Pathophysiology to Treatment.

Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Christian Baumeier, Ganna Aleshcheva, C-Thomas Bock, Felicitas Escher

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Heinz-Peter SchultheissInstitute of Cardiac Diagnostics and Therapy, IKDT GmbH, 12203 Berlin, Germany.
Christian BaumeierInstitute of Cardiac Diagnostics and Therapy, IKDT GmbH, 12203 Berlin, Germany.
Ganna AleshchevaInstitute of Cardiac Diagnostics and Therapy, IKDT GmbH, 12203 Berlin, Germany.
C-Thomas BockDivision of Viral Gastroenteritis and Hepatitis Pathogens and Enteroviruses, Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2773-486X
Felicitas EscherInstitute of Cardiac Diagnostics and Therapy, IKDT GmbH, 12203 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0678-5681
CS Diagnostics · DEHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DERobert Koch Institute · DE

Funding

CRC Transregio 19, DFG NCT02970227ERA-CVD JTC2016-40-158ProFIT grant of the Investitionsbank Berlin/cofounded of EFRE 10169096, 10169098, 10169028
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The diagnosis of acute and chronic myocarditis remains a challenge for clinicians. Characterization of this disease has been hampered by its diverse etiologies and heterogeneous clinical presentations. Most cases of myocarditis are caused by infectious agents. Despite successful research in the last few years, the pathophysiology of viral myocarditis and its sequelae leading to severe heart failure with a poor prognosis is not fully understood and represents a significant public health issue globally. Most likely, at a certain point, besides viral persistence, several etiological types merge into a common pathogenic autoimmune process leading to chronic inflammation and tissue remodeling, ultimately resulting in the clinical phenotype of dilated cardiomyopathy. Understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms is necessary to assess the prognosis of patients and is fundamental to appropriate specific and personalized therapeutic strategies. To reach this clinical prerequisite, there is the need for advanced diagnostic tools, including an endomyocardial biopsy and guidelines to optimize the management of this disease. The severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has currently led to the worst pandemic in a century and has awakened a special sensitivity throughout the world to viral infections. This work aims to summarize the pathophysiology of viral myocarditis, advanced diagnostic methods and the current state of treatment options.

Indexed as

autoimmunitydilated cardiomyopathyendomyocardial biopsypathophysiologytherapeutic approachviral myocarditis

Identifiers

PMID34830522
PMCPMC8623269
OpenAlexW3213297353

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