Clinical features, myocardial injury and systolic impairment in acute myocarditis
Peak troponin is associated with more LGE and a lower LVEF even after accounting for demographics and comorbidities. Myocardial injury and systolic dysfunction play key roles in prognosis and future work incorporating clinical features into a risk prediction model may enable better risk stratification in acute myocarditis.
Authors
- Vijay Shyam-Sundar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4331-1496)
- Nay Aung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7178-2623)
- Greg Slabaugh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4060-5226)
- Saidi Mohiddin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1031-4084)
- Steffen Erhard Petersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4622-5160)
Institutions
- St Bartholomew's Hospital (GB)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- William Harvey Research Institute (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Heart
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2024-002901
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Queen Mary University of London
- Barts Charity
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Medical Research Council