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Bratislava Medical Journal 2022 Bratislava Medical Journal Vol.123, No.1, p 37–43, 2022
Bratislava Medical Journal 2022 Bratislava Medical Journal Vol.123, No.1, p 37–43, 2022
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Bratislava Medical Journal Vol.123, No.1, p 37–43, 2022 |
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| Title: Effect of immunosuppressive therapy in inflammatory cardiomyopathy: data from The Czech Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy Immunosuppressive Trial | ||
| Author: H. Poloczkova, J. Krejci, P. Hude, E. Ozabalova, J. Godava, T. Honek, V. Zampachova, I. Svobodova, T. Freiberger, L. Spinarova | ||
| Abstract: INTRODUCTION: The indications for specific treatment in the cases of inflammatory cardiomyopathy are based on limited data from several small clinical trials. AIM: A comparison of the effect of two dose regimens of combined immunosuppressive therapy by adding them to conventional heart failure therapy and comparing them with conventional heart failure therapy alone in patients with inflammatory cardiomyopathy. METHODS AND STUDY POPULATION: We enrolled 20 patients; mean age 46.10±7.33 years, duration of symptoms <6 months, LVEF ≤40 %, NYHA class II–IV, with biopsy‑proven myocarditis. Patients were randomly separated into groups treated with immunosuppressive therapy in addition to conventional heart failure therapy or to a group treated with conventional heart failure therapy alone. Clinical and echocardiographic parameters were evaluated. RESULTS: The baseline values of LVEF in the group of immunosuppressive therapy (LVEF 22.3±4.7 %) were similar to those in the group treated with conventional heart failure therapy (LVEF 21.7±4.7 %; p=0.757). After twelve months there was no statistically significant difference in LVEF between the two studied groups (LVEF 33.7±9.5 % for the immunosuppressive therapy group and 41.3±13.0 % for the conventional therapy group; p=0.175). CONCLUSION: In our study population, we proved no positive effect of combined immunosuppressive therapy on the left ventricular function over 12 months. The main limitation of the study is the small number of enrolled patients (Tab. 4, Fig. 1, Ref. 35). |
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| Keywords: myocarditis, inflammatory cardiomyopathy, endomyocardial biopsy, immunosuppressive therapy | ||
| Published online: 30-Dec-2021 | ||
| Year: 2022, Volume: 123, Issue: 1 | Page From: 37, Page To: 43 | |
| doi:10.4149/BLL_2022_006 |
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