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Myocarditis secondary prevention
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Effective measures for the secondary prevention of myocarditis include, clinical evaluation, ECG, and echocardiography. CMR, cardiac CT scan, nuclear assessment in patients that echocardiography is undiagnostic. Patients should udergo cardiac function assessment at one and six months and yearly after that.
Secondary Prevention
Secondary Prevention
- Effective measures for the secondary prevention of myocarditis include:[1][2]
- Clinical evaluation
- ECG
- Echocardiography
- CMR, cardiac CT scan, nuclear assessment in patients that echocardiography is undiagnostic
- Patients should undergo cardiac function assessment at one and six months and yearly after that.
References
References
- ↑ Caforio, A. L. P.; Pankuweit, S.; Arbustini, E.; Basso, C.; Gimeno-Blanes, J.; Felix, S. B.; Fu, M.; Helio, T.; Heymans, S.; Jahns, R.; Klingel, K.; Linhart, A.; Maisch, B.; McKenna, W.; Mogensen, J.; Pinto, Y. M.; Ristic, A.; Schultheiss, H.-P.; Seggewiss, H.; Tavazzi, L.; Thiene, G.; Yilmaz, A.; Charron, P.; Elliott, P. M. (2013). “Current state of knowledge on aetiology, diagnosis, management, and therapy of myocarditis: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases”. European Heart Journal. 34 (33): 2636–2648. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/eht210. ISSN 0195-668X.
- ↑ C. L. Miklozek, E. M. Kingsley, C. S. Crumpaker, J. F. Modlin, H. D. Royal, P. C. Come, R. Mark & W. H. Abelmann (1986). “Serial cardiac function tests in myocarditis”. Postgraduate medical journal. 62 (728): 577–579. doi:10.1136/pgmj.62.728.577. PMID 3774697. Unknown parameter
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