Why the study?
Do children with myocarditis have better survival and ventricular remodeling outcomes compared to children with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy?
Population
Children with biopsy-confirmed or probable myocarditis, and children with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Comparison
Biopsy-confirmed or probable myocarditis vs Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 years
Authors
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May inform prognosis counseling in pediatric cardiomyopathy; leaves open whether etiology-specific management improves outcomes.
Do children with myocarditis have better survival and ventricular remodeling outcomes compared to children with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy?
In children, myocarditis is associated with more favorable survival and ventricular remodeling outcomes at 3 years compared to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Foerster et al. (2010) studied this question.
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