Key result
Coxsackie-B infection without diagnosed myocarditis resulted in possible cardiomyopathy in 2 of 53 patients evaluated after 2 to 11 years.
Why the study?
Does Coxsackie-B infection without diagnosed myocarditis lead to cardiomyopathy in young adults?
Does Coxsackie-B infection without diagnosed myocarditis lead to cardiomyopathy in young adults?
Long-term follow-up of patients with Coxsackie-B infection without initial myocarditis shows a low rate (2/53) of possible cardiomyopathy development.
Low rate of possible cardiomyopathy after Coxsackie-B without myocarditis suggests minimal risk; leaves open contribution to idiopathic cases in young adults.
Patients with positive Coxsackie‐B cultures but without diagnosed myocarditis were subjected to a cardiologic follow‐up examination after 2–11 years. At the time of follow‐up, the men were at the most 35 years of age and the women were 45 years or less. The possibility of cardiomyopathy was established in two of the 53 cases studied.
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E. Orinius (1968) studied this question. Coxsackie-B infection without diagnosed myocarditis resulted in possible cardiomyopathy in 2 of 53 patients evaluated after 2 to 11 years.
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