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Editor, Senior Moderator
Cardiol Young
. 2021 Dec 10;1-3.
doi: 10.1017/S1047951121004777. Online ahead of print.
Influenza myocarditis in paediatric patients
Paola Dolader[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joan Balcells[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ferran Gran[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Acute myocarditis is a rare but potentially fatal disease. Endomyocardial biopsy and histologic examination are key to an accurate diagnosis. Despite being an uncommon cause, Influenza A and B viruses are a well-documented aetiology. Myocarditis may complicate about 0 to 10% of influenza virus infections (0.4 to 5% in paediatric cases). The clinical presentation varies widely, from ischemic-like chest pain to fulminant myocarditis with acute hemodynamic compromise, requiring mechanical circulatory support, with high mortality in the acute phase. We report a series of paediatric patients with myocarditis due to Influenza virus, to emphasize the importance of considering this uncommon aetiology.
Keywords: Myocarditis; endomyocardial biopsy; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; influenza.
. 2021 Dec 10;1-3.
doi: 10.1017/S1047951121004777. Online ahead of print.
Influenza myocarditis in paediatric patients
Paola Dolader[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joan Balcells[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ferran Gran[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34889174
- DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121004777
Abstract
Acute myocarditis is a rare but potentially fatal disease. Endomyocardial biopsy and histologic examination are key to an accurate diagnosis. Despite being an uncommon cause, Influenza A and B viruses are a well-documented aetiology. Myocarditis may complicate about 0 to 10% of influenza virus infections (0.4 to 5% in paediatric cases). The clinical presentation varies widely, from ischemic-like chest pain to fulminant myocarditis with acute hemodynamic compromise, requiring mechanical circulatory support, with high mortality in the acute phase. We report a series of paediatric patients with myocarditis due to Influenza virus, to emphasize the importance of considering this uncommon aetiology.
Keywords: Myocarditis; endomyocardial biopsy; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; influenza.