Prevalence and prognostic relevance of myocardial inflammation and cardiotropic viruses in non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy.

CONCLUSIONS: This study has shown that two markers - cardiotropic viruses and myocardial inflammation - are prevalent among DCM patients. They are also helpful in identifying sub-groups of DCM. An increased number of T-lymphocytes in the myocardium is a predictor of poor mid-term and long-term prognosis. PMID: 32567670 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Cardiology Journal - June 21, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kažukauskienė I, Baltrūnienė V, Jakubauskas A, Žurauskas E, Maneikienė VV, Daunoravičius D, Čelutkienė J, Ručinskas K, Grabauskienė V Tags: Cardiol J Source Type: research