The present document has been conceived as the European update to the American
College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/ESC 2006 Guidelines for …

Myocarditis—a frequent cause of dilated cardiomyopathy and sudden cardiac death—
typically results from cardiotropic viral infection followed by active inflammatory destruction …

Objectives: To characterize survival outcomes for adult patients with acute myocarditis
supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and identify risk factors for in-hospital …

Myocarditis represents a challenging diagnosis, mainly because there is no pathognomonic
clinical presentation, and the disease may masquerade as a variety of non-inflammatory …

Background The natural history of acute myocarditis (AM) remains highly variable and
predictors of outcome are largely unknown. The objectives were to determine the potential …

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an increasingly used supportive measure
for patients with refractory cardiogenic shock (CS). Despite its increasing use, there remain …

Acute heart failure (AHF) is a life threatening clinical syndrome with a progressively
increasing incidence in general population. Turkey is a country with a high cardiovascular …

The present document has been conceived as the European update to the American
College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/ESC 2006 Guidelines for …

Background Fulminant myocarditis (FM) is a rare but life-threatening disease. Intravenous
immunoglobulin (IVIG) is not recommended for acute or chronic myocarditis in Western …

The wnt signaling pathway plays important roles in development and in many diseases.
Recently several reports suggest that non-canonical Wnt proteins contribute to the …