Why the study?
Risk factors associated with mortality in pediatric myocarditis remain unclear and controversial.
What are the clinical and echocardiographic predictors of mortality in pediatric myocarditis?
Population
94 pediatric patients with myocarditis in a tertiary care referral hospital
Comparison
Fatal vs nonfatal cases
Design
Retrospective medical record review
Authors
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May aid early risk stratification in pediatric myocarditis; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
What are the clinical and echocardiographic predictors of mortality in pediatric myocarditis?
In pediatric myocarditis, troponin I > 45 ng/mL and LVEF < 42% within the first 24 hours are strong independent predictors of mortality, which predominantly occurs within the first 72 hours of admission.
Chang et al. (2019) studied this question.
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