Are Endomyocardial Ventricular Biopsies Useful for Assessing Myocardial Fibrosis?
Journal of Clinical Medicine,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
13(11), С. 3275 - 3275
Опубликована: Май 31, 2024
Myocardial
fibrosis
is
an
important
factor
in
the
progression
of
cardiovascular
diseases.
However,
there
still
no
universal
lifetime
method
myocardial
assessment
that
has
a
high
prognostic
significance.
The
aim
study
was
to
determine
significance
ventricular
endomyocardial
biopsies
for
and
identify
severity
different
Material
Methods:
Endomyocardial
(EMBs)
20
patients
with
chronic
lymphocytic
myocarditis
(CM),
fragments
obtained
during
septal
reduction
21
hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy
(HCM),
36
long
history
hypertensive
ischemic
heart
disease
(HHD
+
IHD)
were
included
study.
control
group
formed
from
EMBs
taken
on
12–14
days
after
transplantation
(n
=
28).
Also,
one
patient
without
clinical
morphological
data
pathology,
postmortem
typical
EMB
sites.
relative
area
calculated
as
ratio
total
collagen
fibers
whole
biopsy.
Endocardium
subendocardial
not
biopsy
area.
Results:
CM
5.6
[3.3;
12.6]%,
11.1
[6.6;
15.9]%
HHD
IHD
group,
13.4
[8.8;
16.7]%
HCM
2.7
[1.5;
4.6]%
group.
When
comparing
repeat
EMBs,
it
found
first
7.6
[4.8;
12.0]%,
5.3
[3.2;
7.6]%.
No
statistically
significant
differences
between
primary
(p
0.15).
In
ROC
analysis,
myocardium
1.1%
(or
lower
than
one)
be
highly
specific
compared
patients.
Conclusions:
questionable
role
because
heterogeneity
fibrotic
changes
myocardium.
Язык: Английский
Clinical Presentation and Outcomes of Myocarditis Among the COVID-19 Pediatric Population: A Review of 100 Cases
Cureus,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Сен. 21, 2024
COVID-19
has
been
associated
with
myocarditis
in
the
pediatric
population,
leading
to
severe
cardiac
complications.
Язык: Английский
Cardiac manifestations of pediatric COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
Jakarinya Mangalamoorthy,
M. R. H. Taylor,
Diana Buco
и другие.
Progress in Pediatric Cardiology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown, С. 101784 - 101784
Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2024
Язык: Английский
The Promising Role of Speckle-tracking Echocardiography in Detecting the Patchy Nature of Myocarditis, Insights from Case Series in the Largest Pediatrics Tertiary Center of UAE
Heart Views,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
25(3), С. 157 - 161
Опубликована: Июль 1, 2024
There
is
increasing
evidence
that
myocarditis
starts
as
a
patchy
process,
accordingly,
the
detection
of
segmental
affection
important
for
early
recognition
disease
and
proper
initiation
anti-inflammatory
treatment.
We
present
our
first
experience
here
with
using
speckle-tracking
echocardiography
(STE)
to
detect
subtle
involvement
left
ventricle
in
two
cases
suspected
myocarditis.
STE
consolidated
diagnosis
helped
intravenous
immunoglobulins
subsequent
control
disease.
was
also
able
show
specific
topography
distribution
each
pathogen
linked
inflammation.
Язык: Английский