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ArticleCureus2023

Unconventional Approach: Steroid Treatment for Eosinophilic Myocarditis Despite Negative Endomyocardial Biopsy.

Michael Vaysblat, Suhwoo Bae, Beatrice Panjwani, Michael Esposito, Calvin Ngai, Matthew Pierce

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael VaysblatMedicine, North Shore University Hospital (NSUH), Brooklyn, USA.
Suhwoo BaeInternal Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Residency Program, Manhasset, USA.
Beatrice PanjwaniRadiology, Northwell Health, Manhasset, USA.
Michael EspositoPathology, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, USA.
Calvin NgaiCardiology, Northwell Health, Manhasset, USA.
Matthew PierceCardiology, Northwell Health, Manhasset, USA.
Northwell Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is a rare type of myocarditis that can present acutely with rapidly progressing symptoms leading to high rates of morbidity and mortality. EM is defined by eosinophilic infiltration of the myocardium and can be difficult to diagnose even with gold-standard techniques, such as endomyocardial biopsy (EMB), given the possibility of patchy myocardial infiltration. Here, we present a case of idiopathic EM complicated by a cardiac arrest that was empirically treated with high-dose intravenous steroids after negative EMB. The patient's symptoms and cardiac function significantly improved after treatment. This case highlights the ambiguity of certain presentations of EM, its complications, and the importance of empiric treatment to avoid poor outcomes.

Indexed as

cardiac imaging-mrifocal myocarditisfulminant necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditishyper-eosinophiliahyper-eosinophilic syndrome

Identifiers

PMID37489213
PMCPMC10363290
OpenAlexW4381740037

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