Myocarditis

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Myocarditis

Myocarditis is inflammation of the myocardium, often viral (coxsackievirus, COVID-19). Ranges from mild (chest pain + troponin elevation) to fulminant heart failure.

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Cardiomyopathy is the name for diseases of the heart muscle. These diseases enlarge your heart muscle or make it thicker and more rigid than normal. In rare cases, scar tissue replaces the muscle tissue.Some people live long, healthy lives with cardiomyopathy. Some people don't even realize they have it. In others, however, it can make the heart less able to pump blood through the body. This can cause serious compli…

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RECRUITING PHASE3

MYTHS - MYocarditis THerapy With Steroids

NCT05150704

This is a phase III, multi-center international, single blind randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of pulsed intravenous (IV) methylprednisolone versus standard therapy on top of maximal support in patients with Acute myocardit…

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Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Acute Myocarditis

NCT06686862

Prospective, randomized, multicenter, open-label clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a 3-week ibuprofen tapering regimen compared to conventional analgesic treatment (acetaminophen) in patients with acute myocarditis and…

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Role of Endomyocardial Biopsy and Aetiology-based Treatment in Pediatric Patients with Inflammatory Heart Disease in Arrhythmic and Non-arrhythmic Clinical Presentations: an Integrated Approach for the Optimal Diagnostic and Therapeutic Management (MYOPED)

NCT06591260

Myocarditis is a complex inflammatory disease, usually occurring secondary to viral infections, autoimmune processes or toxic agents. Clinical presentations are multiple, including chest-pain, heart failure and a broad spectrum of arrhythm…

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Multimodal and Multidisciplinary Approach to Optimize Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Management of Patients with Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathies and Arrhythmogenic-inflammatory Phenotypes: a Multicenter, Observational, Retrospective and Prospective Registry Study.

NCT06607471

Non-ischemic cardiomyopathies (NICM) represent a heterogeneous group of pathologies characterized by absence of obstructive disease of the epicardial coronary vessels and distinct structural and functional changes of the myocardium. The ma…

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