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ReviewBiomedicines2024

Eosinophilic Myocarditis: From Bench to Bedside.

Francesco Piccirillo, Sara Mastroberardino, Vincenzo Nafisio, Matteo Fiorentino, Andrea Segreti, Annunziata Nusca, Gian Paolo Ussia, Francesco Grigioni

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Review in Biomedicines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Eosinophilia and the Heart: Evolving Concepts.Current cardiology reports · 2026
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  6. Multimodality Imaging in Eosinophilic Myocarditis: A Rare Cause of Heart Failure.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025
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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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Francesco PiccirilloFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, 00128 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6489-7182
Sara MastroberardinoFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, 00128 Roma, Italy.
Vincenzo NafisioFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, 00128 Roma, Italy.
Matteo FiorentinoFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, 00128 Roma, Italy.
Andrea SegretiFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, 00128 Roma, Italy.
Annunziata NuscaFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, 00128 Roma, Italy.
Gian Paolo UssiaFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, 00128 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8849-3097
Francesco GrigioniFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, 00128 Roma, Italy.
Università Campus Bio-Medico · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myocarditis is a polymorphic and potentially life-threatening disease characterized by a large variability in clinical presentation and prognosis. Within the broad spectrum of etiology, eosinophilic myocarditis represents a rare condition characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the myocardium, usually associated with peripheral eosinophilia. Albeit uncommon, eosinophilic myocarditis could be potentially life-threatening, ranging from mild asymptomatic disease to multifocal widespread infiltrates associated with myocardial necrosis, thrombotic complications, and endomyocardial fibrosis. Moreover, it could progress to dilated cardiomyopathy, resulting in a poor prognosis. The leading causes of eosinophilic myocarditis are hypersensitivity reactions, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, cancer, hyper-eosinophilic syndrome variants, and infections. A thorough evaluation and accurate diagnosis are crucial to identifying the underlying cause and defining the appropriate therapeutic strategy. On these bases, this comprehensive review aims to summarize the current knowledge on eosinophilic myocarditis, providing a schematic and practical approach to diagnosing, evaluating, and treating eosinophilic myocarditis.

Indexed as

cardiomyopathyendomyocardial fibrosiseosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitiseosinophilic myocarditishyper-eosinophilic syndromemyocarditis

Identifiers

PMID38540269
PMCPMC10968444
OpenAlexW4392862205

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