Predictors of Mortality in Patients With Biopsy-Proven Viral Myocarditis: 10-Year Outcome Data.

ABSTRACT: Background There is scarce data about the long-term mortality as well as the prognostic value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in patients with biopsy-proven viral myocarditis. We sought to investigate: (1) mortality and (2) prognostic value of LGEcardiovascular magnetic resonance (location, pattern, extent, and distribution) in a >10-year follow-up in patients with biopsy-proven myocarditis. Methods and Results Two-hundred three consecutive patients with biopsy-proven viral myocarditis and cardiovascular magnetic resonance were enrolled; 183 patients were eligible for standardized follow-up. The median follow-up was 10.1 years. End points were all-cause death, cardiac death, and sudden cardiac death (SCD). We found substantial long-term mortality

SUBMITTER: Greulich S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7660832 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature