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#3 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN<br />
COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY VOL. 36,<br />
NO. 1, 2000<br />
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN<br />
FULMINANT AND ACUTE MYOCARDITIS<br />
G. MICHAEL FELKER, MD,*<br />
CONCLUSIONS:<br />
Fulminant myocarditis is distinguishable<br />
from acute myocarditis by echocardiography.<br />
Patients with fulminant myocarditis exhibit a<br />
substantial improvement in ventricular function at six<br />
months <strong>com</strong>pared with those with acute myocarditis.<br />
Echo has value in classifying patients with<br />
myocarditis and may provide prognostic information.<br />
Figure 1. Echocardiographic findings in patients with fulminant and acute<br />
myocarditis at baseline and six months. (A) Fractional shortening, (B) left<br />
ventricular end-diastolic dimension, (C) septal thickness. *p , 0.01 vs.<br />
acute; †p , 0.01 for interaction between time and type of myocarditis.
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