Epidemiology Characteristics and Outcome of Patients With Clinically Diagnosed Acute Myocarditis

Younis, Anan; Matetzky, Shlomi; Mulla, Wesam; Masalha, Eyas; Afel, Yoav; Chernomordik, Fernando; Fardman, Alex; Goitein, Orly; Ben-Zekry, Sagit; Peled, Yael; Grupper, Avishay; Beigel, Roy

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.10.015

Epidemiology Characteristics and Outcome of Patients With Clinically Diagnosed Acute Myocarditis

BACKGROUND There are controversial data regarding the outcome and management of patients hospitalized with clinically diagnosed acute myocarditis. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated data of 322 consecutive patients admitted to the Sheba Medical Center with clinically suspected acute myocarditis…