Why the study?
Do corticosteroids reduce mortality or improve cardiac function in people diagnosed with viral myocarditis and low LVEF?
Population
People diagnosed with viral myocarditis and low LVEF
Design
Review
Authors
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Does not support corticosteroids to reduce mortality in viral myocarditis with low LVEF; leaves open cardiac function effects pending larger RCTs.
Do corticosteroids reduce mortality or improve cardiac function in people diagnosed with viral myocarditis and low LVEF?
Current evidence does not support the use of corticosteroids to reduce mortality in viral myocarditis with low LVEF, highlighting the need for high-quality, large-scale RCTs.
Chen et al. (2013) studied this question.
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