Update on myocarditis

I Kindermann, C Barth, F Mahfoud, C Ukena… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - jacc.org
Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart frequently resulting from viral infections
and/or post-viral immune-mediated responses. It is one of the important causes of dilated …

Myocarditis

S Sagar, PP Liu, LT Cooper - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Myocarditis is an underdiagnosed cause of acute heart failure, sudden death, and chronic
dilated cardiomyopathy. In developed countries, viral infections commonly cause …

Comparison of the clinical presentation, treatment, and outcome of fulminant and acute myocarditis in children

T Saji, H Matsuura, K Hasegawa, T Nishikawa… - Circulation …, 2012 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: Myocarditis (MC) is an important cause of cardiac dysfunction in children.
Fulminant MC is sometimes fatal, and sequelae may develop during follow-up. We …

Myocardial reverse remodeling

JL Hellawell, KB Margulies - Cardiovascular therapeutics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Despite an extensive literature defining the mechanisms and significance of pathological
myocardial remodeling, there has been no comprehensive review of the inverse process …

[HTML][HTML] Myocarditis: early biopsy allows for tailored regenerative treatment

U Kühl, HP Schultheiss - Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results The pathological mechanisms that are accessible to treatment lie at the cellular and
molecular levels and generally give rise to nonspecific disease manifestations. Specific …

Left ventricular assist device support and myocardial recovery in recent onset cardiomyopathy

JP Boehmer, RC Starling, LT Cooper… - Journal of cardiac …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support as bridge to recovery (BTR) is
uncommon for subjects with chronic heart failure. Myocardial recovery is more evident in …

[HTML][HTML] Myocarditis: diagnosis and treatment

M Guglin, L Nallamshetty - Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular …, 2012 - Springer
Opinion statement Myocarditis is a condition that can have a very wide clinical spectrum
ranging from asymptomatic forms to fatal disease, but mostly presenting as new onset heart …

Diagnosis and management of patients with acute cardiac symptoms, troponin elevation and culprit-free angiograms

S Gallagher, DA Jones, V Anand, S Mohiddin - Heart, 2012 - heart.bmj.com
Patients with acute cardiac symptoms, elevated cardiac troponin and culprit-free angiograms
comprise a significant proportion of patients admitted with presumed acute coronary …

Combined use of Impella left ventricular assist device and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to recovery in fulminant myocarditis

SV Chaparro, A Badheka, GR Marzouka… - ASAIO …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Myocarditis may result in cardiogenic shock, and when medical therapy is unable to
maintain adequate cardiac output, mechanical circulatory support is indicated. This is the …

Острая сердечная недостаточность

ВС Моисеев, ЖД Кобалава - 2012 - elibrary.ru
В книге рассмотрены современные представления об острой сердечной
недостаточности, которая является важнейшей причиной снижения качества жизни …