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Predictors of outcome of myocarditis.

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Kühn, B; Shapiro, ED; Walls, TA; Friedman, AH
Published in: Pediatr Cardiol
2004

Heart failure from myocarditis may be transient or may progress to unremitting severe cardiac failure. This study was performed to determine the outcomes and prognostic features of pediatric patients with myocarditis. Patients with the diagnosis of myocarditis between 1990 and 2001 were identified through the coding system of Yale-New Haven Hospital. A total of 28 patients were included, with ages ranging from 1 day to 20 years. Before discharge, 11 patients developed unremitting severe cardiac failure. Of the remaining 17 patients, at the time of discharge 10 had normal systolic function and 7 had decreased systolic function. Unremitting cardiac failure developed in 9 of 14 patients (64%) with an ejection fraction < 30% and in only 2 of 14 (14%) of those with an ejection fraction > or = 30% on admission (p < 0.01). Furthermore, shortening fraction < 15%, left ventricular dilatation, and moderate to severe mitral regurgitation on admission as well as arrhythmia were significantly associated with development of unremitting severe cardiac failure. In this series of patients with myocarditis, by the time of discharge 39% of the patients had developed unremitting severe cardiac failure, 25% had depressed systolic function, and 36% had normal systolic function. Predictive factors at admission for poor outcome were ejection fraction < 30%, shortening fraction < 15%, left ventricular dilatation, and moderate to severe mitral regurgitation.

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Pediatr Cardiol

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0172-0643

Publication Date

2004

Volume

25

Issue

4

Start / End Page

379 / 384

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Systole
  • Stroke Volume
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Myocarditis
  • Male
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant Welfare
 

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Kühn, B., Shapiro, E. D., Walls, T. A., & Friedman, A. H. (2004). Predictors of outcome of myocarditis. Pediatr Cardiol, 25(4), 379–384. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-003-0568-2
Kühn, B., E. D. Shapiro, T. A. Walls, and A. H. Friedman. “Predictors of outcome of myocarditis.Pediatr Cardiol 25, no. 4 (2004): 379–84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-003-0568-2.
Kühn B, Shapiro ED, Walls TA, Friedman AH. Predictors of outcome of myocarditis. Pediatr Cardiol. 2004;25(4):379–84.
Kühn, B., et al. “Predictors of outcome of myocarditis.Pediatr Cardiol, vol. 25, no. 4, 2004, pp. 379–84. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s00246-003-0568-2.
Kühn B, Shapiro ED, Walls TA, Friedman AH. Predictors of outcome of myocarditis. Pediatr Cardiol. 2004;25(4):379–384.
Journal cover image

Published In

Pediatr Cardiol

DOI

ISSN

0172-0643

Publication Date

2004

Volume

25

Issue

4

Start / End Page

379 / 384

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Systole
  • Stroke Volume
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Myocarditis
  • Male
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant Welfare