Predictors of relapse, death or heart transplantation in myocarditis before the introduction of immunosuppression: negative prognostic impact of female gender, fulminant onset, lower ejection fraction and serum autoantibodies

Baritussio, Anna; Schiavo, Alessandro; Basso, Cristina; Giordani, Andrea Silvio; Cheng, Chun‐yan; Pontara, Elena; Cattini, Maria Grazia; Bison, Elisa; Gallo, Nicoletta; De Gaspari, Monica; Carturan, Elisa; Thiene, Gaetano; Tarantini, Giuseppe; Plebani, Mario; Rizzo, Stefania; Gregori, Dario; Iliceto, Sabino; Marcolongo, Renzo; Caforio, Alida Linda Patrizia

doi:10.1002/ejhf.2496

Predictors of relapse, death or heart transplantation in myocarditis before the introduction of immunosuppression: negative prognostic impact of female gender, fulminant onset, lower ejection fraction and serum autoantibodies

Aims Outcome predictors in myocarditis are not well defined; we aimed at identifying predictors of death, heart transplantation (HTx) and relapse before the introduction of immunosuppression. Methods and results From 1992 to 2012, 466 consecutive patients (68% male, mean age 37 ± 17 years, single…