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3 de may. de 2022 · In children, myocarditis has a bimodal distribution with peaks in those younger than 2 years and in teenagers between 13 and 18 years old . Potential risk factors in children with myocarditis include males, Caucasian background, and low socio-economic status.
7 de jul. de 2021 · Myocarditis in children challenges the practitioner on every front, from the appropriate diagnostic workup to the aggressiveness of intervention and the type and extent of follow-up after recovery.
ECGs are virtually always abnormal in children with myocarditis, but a normal ECG does not rule out the possibility of the disease. 23 ECG abnormalities, however, are widely variable, and there is not one specific abnormality that occurs with enough frequency to be a specific marker.
28 de jun. de 2023 · Infectious, particularly viral, etiologies are most common in children. The most common causes of viral myocarditis are enterovirus (coxsackie group B), adenovirus, parvovirus B19, Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, and human herpes 6 [ 1 ].
1 de ene. de 2019 · Myocarditis in children is associated with a high rate of congestive heart failure, hospitalisation, intensive care unit stay, and use of inotropic support at the time of diagnosis compared with children with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
10 de ago. de 2021 · Myocarditis remains a clinical challenge in pediatrics. Originally, it was recognized at autopsy before the application of endomyocardial biopsy, which led to a histopathology-based diagnosis such as in the Dallas criteria. Given the invasive and low-sensitivity nature of endomyocardial biopsy, its ….
7 de oct. de 2020 · Mostly, myocarditis in children is attributable to viruses, such as myocarditis-enterovirus, herpes virus (Ebstein-Barr virus), and influenza A virus. Giant cell myocarditis and cardiac sarcoidosis are rarely detected in children, but these conditions should be kept in mind, especially in adolescent patients, because the treatment ...
