Effectiveness of myocarditis therapy depending on the diagnosis approach (with or without myocardial biopsy)

Aim. To evaluate the effectiveness of myocarditis therapy depending on the diagnosis approach (with or without myocardial biopsy).Material and methods. The study included 83 patients ≥18 years old with severe and moderate myocarditis (25 women and 58 men; mean age, 45,7±11,7 years), established by m...

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Main Authors: O. V. Blagova, A. V. Nedostup, V. P. Sedov, A. Yu. Zaitsev, V. M. Novosadov, E. A. Kogan
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author O. V. Blagova
A. V. Nedostup
V. P. Sedov
A. Yu. Zaitsev
V. M. Novosadov
E. A. Kogan
author_facet O. V. Blagova
A. V. Nedostup
V. P. Sedov
A. Yu. Zaitsev
V. M. Novosadov
E. A. Kogan
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description Aim. To evaluate the effectiveness of myocarditis therapy depending on the diagnosis approach (with or without myocardial biopsy).Material and methods. The study included 83 patients ≥18 years old with severe and moderate myocarditis (25 women and 58 men; mean age, 45,7±11,7 years), established by myocardial biopsy (group 1, n=36) or by a non-invasive diagnostic algorithm (group 2, n=47), for which immunosuppressive therapy (IST) was carried out. Inclusion criteria were left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic dimension >5,5 cm and ejection fraction (EF) <50%. An endomyocardial (n=31) or intraoperative (n=5) biopsy with a study of the viral genome and level of anticardiac antibodies were performed. Coronary angiography (29%), cardiac multislice computed tomography (75%), cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (41%), and 99mTc-MIBI scintigraphy (35%) were also carried out. The mean follow-up period was 3 years (36 [12; 65] months). The study was approved by the Intercollegiate Ethics Committee.Results. The groups were completely comparable in age, baseline parameters (class III [2,25; 3] and III [2; 3] heart failure (HF); end-diastolic LV dimension, 6,7±0,7 and 6,4±0,7 cm; EF, 29,9±8,7 and 31,4±9,3%), the extent of cardiac therapy (excluding the administration rate of в-blockers — 94,4 and 78,7%, p<0,05) and 1ST (methylprednisolone in 91,7 and 89,4% of patients at a mean dose of 24 [16; 32] and 20 [15; 32] mg/day, azathioprine in 50,0 and 46,8% of patients at a mean dose of 150 mg/day or mycophenolate mofetil 2,0 g/day in 30,6% in group 1, hydroxychloroquine 0,2 g/day in 27,8 and 23,4%). Biopsy in group 1 revealed active/borderline (61/39%) myocarditis, in 8 patients — viral genome in the myocardium, including parvovirus B19 in 7 of them. Both groups showed a comparable significant increase in EF after 6 months up to 37,6±8,1 and 42,6±11,5% (p<0,001) and after 27 [12; 54] months up to 43,4±9,6 and 45,5±12,3% (p<0,001), as well as a significant decrease in HF class to 2 [1; 2] in both groups. An increase in EF by ≥10% was recorded in 70 and 72% of patients, respectively. The mortality rate was 13,9 and 12,8%. Taking into account the only transplantation in group 2, the death+transplantation endpoints reached 13,9 and 14,9% of patients (without significant differences between the groups).Conclusion. In patients with severe and moderate myocarditis diagnosed with and without myocardial biopsy, the effectiveness of combined therapy, including IST, was comparable. If it is impossible to perform a biopsy, complex non-invasive strategy makes it possible to diagnose myocarditis with different probability rate and conduct an effective IST, the refusal of which mostly is not justified.
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spelling doaj-art-57ae37f890214db78220d21db71f07e22025-08-20T03:57:17Zrus«SILICEA-POLIGRAF» LLCКардиоваскулярная терапия и профилактика1728-88002619-01252021-05-0120310.15829/1728-8800-2021-26372251Effectiveness of myocarditis therapy depending on the diagnosis approach (with or without myocardial biopsy)O. V. Blagova0A. V. Nedostup1V. P. Sedov2A. Yu. Zaitsev3V. M. Novosadov4E. A. Kogan5I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical UniversityI.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical UniversityI.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical UniversityI.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical UniversityI.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical UniversityI.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical UniversityAim. To evaluate the effectiveness of myocarditis therapy depending on the diagnosis approach (with or without myocardial biopsy).Material and methods. The study included 83 patients ≥18 years old with severe and moderate myocarditis (25 women and 58 men; mean age, 45,7±11,7 years), established by myocardial biopsy (group 1, n=36) or by a non-invasive diagnostic algorithm (group 2, n=47), for which immunosuppressive therapy (IST) was carried out. Inclusion criteria were left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic dimension >5,5 cm and ejection fraction (EF) <50%. An endomyocardial (n=31) or intraoperative (n=5) biopsy with a study of the viral genome and level of anticardiac antibodies were performed. Coronary angiography (29%), cardiac multislice computed tomography (75%), cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (41%), and 99mTc-MIBI scintigraphy (35%) were also carried out. The mean follow-up period was 3 years (36 [12; 65] months). The study was approved by the Intercollegiate Ethics Committee.Results. The groups were completely comparable in age, baseline parameters (class III [2,25; 3] and III [2; 3] heart failure (HF); end-diastolic LV dimension, 6,7±0,7 and 6,4±0,7 cm; EF, 29,9±8,7 and 31,4±9,3%), the extent of cardiac therapy (excluding the administration rate of в-blockers — 94,4 and 78,7%, p<0,05) and 1ST (methylprednisolone in 91,7 and 89,4% of patients at a mean dose of 24 [16; 32] and 20 [15; 32] mg/day, azathioprine in 50,0 and 46,8% of patients at a mean dose of 150 mg/day or mycophenolate mofetil 2,0 g/day in 30,6% in group 1, hydroxychloroquine 0,2 g/day in 27,8 and 23,4%). Biopsy in group 1 revealed active/borderline (61/39%) myocarditis, in 8 patients — viral genome in the myocardium, including parvovirus B19 in 7 of them. Both groups showed a comparable significant increase in EF after 6 months up to 37,6±8,1 and 42,6±11,5% (p<0,001) and after 27 [12; 54] months up to 43,4±9,6 and 45,5±12,3% (p<0,001), as well as a significant decrease in HF class to 2 [1; 2] in both groups. An increase in EF by ≥10% was recorded in 70 and 72% of patients, respectively. The mortality rate was 13,9 and 12,8%. Taking into account the only transplantation in group 2, the death+transplantation endpoints reached 13,9 and 14,9% of patients (without significant differences between the groups).Conclusion. In patients with severe and moderate myocarditis diagnosed with and without myocardial biopsy, the effectiveness of combined therapy, including IST, was comparable. If it is impossible to perform a biopsy, complex non-invasive strategy makes it possible to diagnose myocarditis with different probability rate and conduct an effective IST, the refusal of which mostly is not justified.https://cardiovascular.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/2637myocarditisendomyocardial biopsyimmunosuppressive therapycorticosteroidsazathioprinemycophenolate mofetil
spellingShingle O. V. Blagova
A. V. Nedostup
V. P. Sedov
A. Yu. Zaitsev
V. M. Novosadov
E. A. Kogan
Effectiveness of myocarditis therapy depending on the diagnosis approach (with or without myocardial biopsy)
Кардиоваскулярная терапия и профилактика
myocarditis
endomyocardial biopsy
immunosuppressive therapy
corticosteroids
azathioprine
mycophenolate mofetil
title Effectiveness of myocarditis therapy depending on the diagnosis approach (with or without myocardial biopsy)
title_full Effectiveness of myocarditis therapy depending on the diagnosis approach (with or without myocardial biopsy)
title_fullStr Effectiveness of myocarditis therapy depending on the diagnosis approach (with or without myocardial biopsy)
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of myocarditis therapy depending on the diagnosis approach (with or without myocardial biopsy)
title_short Effectiveness of myocarditis therapy depending on the diagnosis approach (with or without myocardial biopsy)
title_sort effectiveness of myocarditis therapy depending on the diagnosis approach with or without myocardial biopsy
topic myocarditis
endomyocardial biopsy
immunosuppressive therapy
corticosteroids
azathioprine
mycophenolate mofetil
url https://cardiovascular.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/2637
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