Why the study?
What is the prevalence and clinical significance of different erythrovirus genotypes in the myocardium of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy?
Population
317 consecutive patients with symptomatic dilated cardiomyopathy who underwent endomyocardial biopsy for the…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Erythrovirus genotyping may refine DCM prognosis; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical use.
What is the prevalence and clinical significance of different erythrovirus genotypes in the myocardium of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy?
Erythrovirus genotype 2 is highly prevalent in the myocardium of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, while genotype 1 is associated with more severe left ventricular dysfunction.
Kühl et al. (2008) studied this question.
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