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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.
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.
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 ].
Miocarditis fulminante: se caracteriza por el desarrollo agudo (menor de 3 días) de signos y síntomas de insuficiencia cardiaca severa con necesidad de soporte inotrópico, arritmias refractarias, con síntomas previos de infección viral. La miocarditis fulminante es más frecuente en niños que en adultos 8,20.
La miocarditis se define como la inflamación del miocardio y su etiología es muy diversa e incluye procesos infecciosos, tóxicos o enfermedades autoinmunitarias. La presentación clínica es muy diversa, más allá del cuadro clásico con dolor torácico agudo, e incluye casos de miocardiopatía no filiada cuya etiología puede ser inflamatoria.
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.
