The multiple faces of autoimmune/immune-mediated myocarditis in children: a biopsy-proven case series treated with immunosuppressive therapy.


Journal

ESC heart failure
ISSN: 2055-5822
Titre abrégé: ESC Heart Fail
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101669191

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 2021
Historique:
revised: 13 11 2020
received: 10 08 2020
accepted: 20 11 2020
pubmed: 17 1 2021
medline: 2 7 2021
entrez: 16 1 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The role of immunosuppressive therapy (IT) in paediatric autoimmune/immune-mediated myocarditis remains poorly defined. To explore its role, we present a series of three consecutive paediatric patients with biopsy-proven, virus negative, autoimmune/immune-mediated myocarditis, with distinct clinical and pathological features, who have been successfully treated with IT, a 14-year-old boy with Loeffler's fibroblastic parietal endomyocarditis, a 6-year-old child with celiac disease with chronic active lymphocytic myocarditis, and a 13-year-old boy with long-standing heart failure and active lymphocytic myocarditis. Patients started IT and entered follow-up between July 2017 and September 2019; the first patient completed IT. IT was associated with a substantial and sustained recovery of cardiac function in our patients, regardless of their heterogeneous clinical and pathological features. Combination IT was well tolerated and enabled tapering and weaning off steroids.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33452872
doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13163
pmc: PMC8006650
doi:

Substances chimiques

Immunosuppressive Agents 0

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

1604-1609

Informations de copyright

© 2021 The Authors. ESC Heart Failure published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Society of Cardiology.

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Auteurs

Renzo Marcolongo (R)

Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Stefania Rizzo (S)

Cardiovascular Pathology Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Alessia Cerutti (A)

Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Woman and Child Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Elena Reffo (E)

Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Woman and Child Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Biagio Castaldi (B)

Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Woman and Child Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Anna Baritussio (A)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Cristina Basso (C)

Cardiovascular Pathology Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Giovanni Di Salvo (G)

Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Woman and Child Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Alida L P Caforio (ALP)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

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