Epidemiology characteristics and outcome of patients with clinically diagnosed acute myocarditis

Abstract BACKGROUND There are controversial data regarding the outcome and management of patients hospitalized with clinically diagnosed acute myocarditis. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated data of 322 consecutive patients admitted to the Sheba Medical Center with clinically suspected acute myocarditis from January 2005 through December 2017. Patients were subdivided into 2 groups based on their left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) at presentation: (1) patients with an LVEF RESULTS The mean age of the study population was 37±14 years, most of them (84%) males. While chest pain was the main complaint in 89% of the patients at presentation, only 35% had typical pericardial pain. Patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) CONCLUSIONS Patients with clinical acute myocarditis seem to have an overall good prognosis. While patients with an LVEF