Long-Term Outcome of Fulminant Myocarditis as Compared with Acute (Nonfulminant) Myocarditis
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- 9 March 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 342 (10) , 690-695
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200003093421003
Abstract
Lymphocytic myocarditis causes left ventricular dysfunction that may be persistent or reversible. There are no clinical criteria that predict which patients will recover ventricular function and which cases will progress to dilated cardiomyopathy. We hypothesized that patients with fulminant myocarditis may have a better long-term prognosis than those with acute (nonfulminant) myocarditis.Keywords
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