Diagnostic Approach for Suspected Acute Myocarditis: Considerations for Standardization and Broadening Clinical Spectrum.

ABSTRACT: Myocarditis is most recognized in patients with moderate to severe, recent-onset heart failure. However, less typical presentations including myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries and arrhythmias are important manifestations but less commonly recognized to be caused by myocarditis. Most cases of myocarditis can be self-limiting without specific treatment; however, appropriate identification of risk during the diagnostic process of myocarditis and once a diagnosis is established is of primordial importance to identify patients in need for more specific follow-up and management. We propose a flexible, multitiered approach to the diagnostic process, allowing for capturing of the spectrum of myocarditis at an early time-point, individualized use of diagnostic resources through di

SUBMITTER: Martens P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10547314 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature