Why the study?
Is myocardial parvovirus B19 persistence associated with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy?
Population
34 patients, comprising 24 with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and LVEF <55%, and 10 control patients…
Comparison
Assessment of myocardial tissue for parvovirus… vs Control patients undergoing bypass surgery with…
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Low-level B19V persistence is nonspecific to IDC; leaves open its pathogenetic role and should not change practice.
Is myocardial parvovirus B19 persistence associated with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy?
Low-level myocardial parvovirus B19 persistence is frequent in both IDC patients and controls, suggesting it may not be pathogenetically important in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Lotze et al. (2010) studied this question.
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