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Viral myocarditis

MedGen UID:
547112
•Concept ID:
C0276138
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Viral Myocarditis; viral myocarditis
SNOMED CT: Viral myocarditis (89141000)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0023161

Definition

Myocarditis that is caused by an infection with a viral agent. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVViral myocarditis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Viral Myocarditis-Incidence, Diagnosis and Management.
Olejniczak M, Schwartz M, Webber E, Shaffer A, Perry TE
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2020 Jun;34(6):1591-1601. Epub 2020 Jan 7 doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.12.052. PMID: 32127272
Acute Myocarditis in Children: An Overview of Treatment and Recent Patents.
Fung RCM, Hon KL, Leung AKC
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 2020;14(2):106-116. doi: 10.2174/1872213X14666200204103714. PMID: 32013855
Viral myocarditis--diagnosis, treatment options, and current controversies.
Pollack A, Kontorovich AR, Fuster V, Dec GW
Nat Rev Cardiol 2015 Nov;12(11):670-80. Epub 2015 Jul 21 doi: 10.1038/nrcardio.2015.108. PMID: 26194549

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Myocarditis associated with COVID-19 and its vaccines - a systematic review.
Rout A, Suri S, Vorla M, Kalra DK
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2022 Sep-Oct;74:111-121. Epub 2022 Oct 22 doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2022.10.004. PMID: 36279947Free PMC Article
Comparison of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children-Related Myocarditis, Classic Viral Myocarditis, and COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Myocarditis in Children.
Patel T, Kelleman M, West Z, Peter A, Dove M, Butto A, Oster ME
J Am Heart Assoc 2022 May 3;11(9):e024393. Epub 2022 Apr 27 doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.024393. PMID: 35475362Free PMC Article
COVID-19 myocarditis and prospective heart failure burden.
Shchendrygina A, Nagel E, Puntmann VO, Valbuena-Lopez S
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2021 Jan;19(1):5-14. Epub 2020 Nov 27 doi: 10.1080/14779072.2021.1844005. PMID: 33119418
Myocarditis.
Fung G, Luo H, Qiu Y, Yang D, McManus B
Circ Res 2016 Feb 5;118(3):496-514. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.306573. PMID: 26846643
Myocarditis.
Sagar S, Liu PP, Cooper LT Jr
Lancet 2012 Feb 25;379(9817):738-47. Epub 2011 Dec 18 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60648-X. PMID: 22185868Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Viral Myocarditis-Incidence, Diagnosis and Management.
Olejniczak M, Schwartz M, Webber E, Shaffer A, Perry TE
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2020 Jun;34(6):1591-1601. Epub 2020 Jan 7 doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.12.052. PMID: 32127272
Congestive Heart Failure in Children.
Price JF
Pediatr Rev 2019 Feb;40(2):60-70. doi: 10.1542/pir.2016-0168. PMID: 30709972
Myocarditis.
Fung G, Luo H, Qiu Y, Yang D, McManus B
Circ Res 2016 Feb 5;118(3):496-514. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.306573. PMID: 26846643
Viral myocarditis--diagnosis, treatment options, and current controversies.
Pollack A, Kontorovich AR, Fuster V, Dec GW
Nat Rev Cardiol 2015 Nov;12(11):670-80. Epub 2015 Jul 21 doi: 10.1038/nrcardio.2015.108. PMID: 26194549
Myocarditis.
Sagar S, Liu PP, Cooper LT Jr
Lancet 2012 Feb 25;379(9817):738-47. Epub 2011 Dec 18 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60648-X. PMID: 22185868Free PMC Article

Therapy

Myocarditis associated with COVID-19 and its vaccines - a systematic review.
Rout A, Suri S, Vorla M, Kalra DK
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2022 Sep-Oct;74:111-121. Epub 2022 Oct 22 doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2022.10.004. PMID: 36279947Free PMC Article
Comparison of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children-Related Myocarditis, Classic Viral Myocarditis, and COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Myocarditis in Children.
Patel T, Kelleman M, West Z, Peter A, Dove M, Butto A, Oster ME
J Am Heart Assoc 2022 May 3;11(9):e024393. Epub 2022 Apr 27 doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.024393. PMID: 35475362Free PMC Article
Congestive Heart Failure in Children.
Price JF
Pediatr Rev 2019 Feb;40(2):60-70. doi: 10.1542/pir.2016-0168. PMID: 30709972
Coenzyme Q10 in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases: Current State of the Problem.
Zozina VI, Covantev S, Goroshko OA, Krasnykh LM, Kukes VG
Curr Cardiol Rev 2018;14(3):164-174. doi: 10.2174/1573403X14666180416115428. PMID: 29663894Free PMC Article
Viral myocarditis--diagnosis, treatment options, and current controversies.
Pollack A, Kontorovich AR, Fuster V, Dec GW
Nat Rev Cardiol 2015 Nov;12(11):670-80. Epub 2015 Jul 21 doi: 10.1038/nrcardio.2015.108. PMID: 26194549

Prognosis

Prognosis of Myocarditis Developing After mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination Compared With Viral Myocarditis.
Lai FTT, Chan EWW, Huang L, Cheung CL, Chui CSL, Li X, Wan EYF, Wong CKH, Chan EWY, Yiu KH, Wong ICK
J Am Coll Cardiol 2022 Dec 13;80(24):2255-2265. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.09.049. PMID: 36480967Free PMC Article
Viral myocarditis: 1917-2020: From the Influenza A to the COVID-19 pandemics.
Rezkalla SH, Kloner RA
Trends Cardiovasc Med 2021 Apr;31(3):163-169. Epub 2020 Dec 29 doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2020.12.007. PMID: 33383171Free PMC Article
Viral Myocarditis-Incidence, Diagnosis and Management.
Olejniczak M, Schwartz M, Webber E, Shaffer A, Perry TE
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2020 Jun;34(6):1591-1601. Epub 2020 Jan 7 doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.12.052. PMID: 32127272
Myocarditis.
Fung G, Luo H, Qiu Y, Yang D, McManus B
Circ Res 2016 Feb 5;118(3):496-514. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.306573. PMID: 26846643
Myocarditis.
Sagar S, Liu PP, Cooper LT Jr
Lancet 2012 Feb 25;379(9817):738-47. Epub 2011 Dec 18 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60648-X. PMID: 22185868Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Inflammation and vascular remodeling in COVID-19 hearts.
Werlein C, Ackermann M, Stark H, Shah HR, Tzankov A, Haslbauer JD, von Stillfried S, Bülow RD, El-Armouche A, Kuenzel S, Robertus JL, Reichardt M, Haverich A, Höfer A, Neubert L, Plucinski E, Braubach P, Verleden S, Salditt T, Marx N, Welte T, Bauersachs J, Kreipe HH, Mentzer SJ, Boor P, Black SM, Länger F, Kuehnel M, Jonigk D
Angiogenesis 2023 May;26(2):233-248. Epub 2022 Nov 12 doi: 10.1007/s10456-022-09860-7. PMID: 36371548Free PMC Article
Fazirsiran for Liver Disease Associated with Alpha(1)-Antitrypsin Deficiency.
Strnad P, Mandorfer M, Choudhury G, Griffiths W, Trautwein C, Loomba R, Schluep T, Chang T, Yi M, Given BD, Hamilton JC, San Martin J, Teckman JH
N Engl J Med 2022 Aug 11;387(6):514-524. Epub 2022 Jun 25 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2205416. PMID: 35748699
COVID-19 myocarditis and prospective heart failure burden.
Shchendrygina A, Nagel E, Puntmann VO, Valbuena-Lopez S
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2021 Jan;19(1):5-14. Epub 2020 Nov 27 doi: 10.1080/14779072.2021.1844005. PMID: 33119418
Myocarditis.
Fung G, Luo H, Qiu Y, Yang D, McManus B
Circ Res 2016 Feb 5;118(3):496-514. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.306573. PMID: 26846643
Myocarditis.
Sagar S, Liu PP, Cooper LT Jr
Lancet 2012 Feb 25;379(9817):738-47. Epub 2011 Dec 18 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60648-X. PMID: 22185868Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Myocarditis associated with COVID-19 and its vaccines - a systematic review.
Rout A, Suri S, Vorla M, Kalra DK
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2022 Sep-Oct;74:111-121. Epub 2022 Oct 22 doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2022.10.004. PMID: 36279947Free PMC Article
COVID-19 associated myocarditis: A systematic review.
Haussner W, DeRosa AP, Haussner D, Tran J, Torres-Lavoro J, Kamler J, Shah K
Am J Emerg Med 2022 Jan;51:150-155. Epub 2021 Oct 22 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.10.001. PMID: 34739868Free PMC Article
Clinical and Preclinical Systematic Review of Astragalus Membranaceus for Viral Myocarditis.
Zheng Q, Zhuang Z, Wang ZH, Deng LH, Jin WJ, Huang ZJ, Zheng GQ, Wang Y
Oxid Med Cell Longev 2020;2020:1560353. Epub 2020 Nov 2 doi: 10.1155/2020/1560353. PMID: 33204391Free PMC Article
Intravenous immunoglobulin for presumed viral myocarditis in children and adults.
Robinson J, Hartling L, Vandermeer B, Klassen TP
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 May 20;(5):CD004370. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004370.pub3. PMID: 25992494
Corticosteroids for viral myocarditis.
Chen HS, Wang W, Wu SN, Liu JP
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013 Oct 18;2013(10):CD004471. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004471.pub3. PMID: 24136037Free PMC Article

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