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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:2177-2180
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Myocardial recovery after mechanical support for acute myocarditis: is sustained recovery predictable?

Rémi Houël, MDa, Emanuelle Vermes, MDa, Denis B. Tixier, MDa, Paul Le Besnerais, MDa, Nicole Benhaiem-Sigaux, MDa, Daniel Y. Loisance, MDa

a Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, Hopital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France

Address reprint requests to Dr Houël, Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 51, ave du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010 Créteil, France;
e-mail: loisance{at}univ-paris12.fr

Background. At present, myocardial recovery with mechanical support for acute myocarditis is a more frequently observed issue. However, predictive parameters of a sustained myocardial recovery are still under investigation.

Methods. Two recent cases of mechanical support for acute lymphocytic myocarditis with two different outcomes are reported. Literature about this disease and predictability of a sustainable myocardial recovery are reviewed.

Results. Acute lymphocytic myocarditis is an individual entity whose outcome is associated with the importance of healed cell damage. Unfortunately, there are no available means of quantifying the fibrotic scar and endomyocardial biopsy has a high percentage of false-negative results. Echocardiographic assessment of systolic and diastolic cardiac function is difficult while under mechanical support and its significance is not obvious. Forthcoming development of Doppler could better correlate myocardial contractility and histology to be predictive of a sustained recovery after acute myocarditis under mechanical support.

Conclusions. Long-lasting recovery after mechanical support for acute myocarditis remains unpredictable in our experience. More predictive factors are needed.




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