Management of acute myocarditis and chronic inflammatory cardiomyopathy: an expert consensus document

E Ammirati, M Frigerio, ED Adler, C Basso… - Circulation: Heart …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart that may occur because of infections,
immune system activation, or exposure to drugs. The diagnosis of myocarditis has changed …

Myocarditis

C Basso - New England Journal of Medicine, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
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Myocarditis in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors

SS Mahmood, MG Fradley, JV Cohen, A Nohria… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - jacc.org
Background: Myocarditis is an uncommon, but potentially fatal, toxicity of immune checkpoint
inhibitors (ICI). Myocarditis after ICI has not been well characterized. Objectives: The authors …

Prevalence, characteristics, and outcomes of COVID-19–associated acute myocarditis

E Ammirati, L Lupi, M Palazzini, NS Hendren… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Acute myocarditis (AM) is thought to be a rare cardiovascular complication of
COVID-19, although minimal data are available beyond case reports. We aim to report the …

Recognition and initial management of fulminant myocarditis: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

RD Kociol, LT Cooper, JC Fang, JJ Moslehi, PS Pang… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Fulminant myocarditis (FM) is an uncommon syndrome characterized by sudden and severe
diffuse cardiac inflammation often leading to death resulting from cardiogenic shock …

Diagnosis and treatment of acute myocarditis: a review

E Ammirati, JJ Moslehi - Jama, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Acute myocarditis, defined as a sudden inflammatory injury to the myocardium,
affects approximately 4 to 14 people per 100 000 each year globally and is associated with …

Clinical presentation and outcome in a contemporary cohort of patients with acute myocarditis: multicenter Lombardy registry

E Ammirati, M Cipriani, C Moro, C Raineri, D Pini… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: There is controversy about the outcome of patients with acute myocarditis (AM),
and data are lacking on how patients admitted with suspected AM are managed. We report …

Management of myocarditis-related cardiomyopathy in adults

C Tschöpe, LT Cooper, G Torre-Amione… - Circulation …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Myocarditis is generally a mild and self-limited consequence of systemic infection of
cardiotropic viruses. However, patients can develop a temporary or permanent impairment …

Fulminant versus acute nonfulminant myocarditis in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction

E Ammirati, G Veronese, M Brambatti, M Merlo… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - jacc.org
Background: Fulminant myocarditis (FM) is a form of acute myocarditis characterized by
severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction requiring inotropes and/or mechanical circulatory …

Eosinophilic myocarditis: characteristics, treatment, and outcomes

M Brambatti, MV Matassini, ED Adler, K Klingel… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - jacc.org
Background: Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is an acute life-threatening inflammatory disease
of the heart. Neither large case series nor clinical trials on this specific myocarditis have …