Key result
Pediatric myocarditis presents with variable clinical features and lacks standardized treatment, necessitating further randomized clinical trials to determine optimal management strategies.
Why the study?
Debate persists regarding diagnostic criteria and clear consensus is lacking for the treatment and follow-up of pediatric myocarditis amid a dynamic literature.
This review summarizes the clinical presentations, diagnostic criteria, treatment, and follow-up recommendations for pediatric myocarditis.
Pediatric myocarditis diagnosis and management lack consensus; review leaves open need for standardized criteria and prospective trials.
Myocarditis has a variable clinical presentation and there is still debate regarding accurate diagnostic criteria. Adding to the controversy surrounding this diagnosis, there is no clear consensus for the treatment or ongoing follow-up of patients with myocarditis. All of this makes the diagnosis and management of myocarditis a particular challenge in the pediatric population. Furthermore, the literature with respect to this topic is dynamic and ever-changing. In this review article, we aim to review and summarize the common clinical presentations of myocarditis, along with the latest recommendations for diagnostic criteria, treatment, and follow-up of patients with myocarditis.
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Dasgupta et al. (2019) conducted a review in Pediatric myocarditis. Diagnosis and management strategies was evaluated. Pediatric myocarditis presents with variable clinical features and lacks standardized treatment, necessitating further randomized clinical trials to determine optimal management strategies.
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