TY - JOUR
T1 - Demographics, trends, and outcomes in pediatric acute myocarditis in the United States, 2006 to 2011
AU - Ghelani, Sunil J.
AU - Spaeder, Michael C.
AU - Pastor, William
AU - Spurney, Christopher F.
AU - Klugman, Darren
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - Background: There is a lack of clear diagnostic and management guidelines for acute myocarditis in the pediatric population. We used a multi-institutional database to characterize demographics, practice variability, and outcomes in this population. Methods and Results: Patients with acute myocarditis (n=514) were identified from April 2006 to March 2011 using the Pediatric Health Information System database, and regional variations in management and outcomes were analyzed. Ninety-seven patients (18.9%) received extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, 22 (4.3%) received ventricular assist device, 21 (4.1%) received heart transplantation, and 37 (7.2%) died. Of the 104 patients who received extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or ventricular assist device, 17 (16.3%) had heart transplantation, 25 (24%) died, and 62 (59.6%) showed recovery of myocardial function. There was a decrease in the use of endomyocardial biopsy (P=0.03) and an increase in the use of magnetic resonance imaging (P<0.01) over the study period. Although the use of medications and procedures varied between different regions, the occurrence of death or heart transplantation showed no significant regional associations. The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (odds ratio, 5.8;95% confdence interval, 2.9-11.4; P<0.01), ventricular assist device (odds ratio, 8.2;95% confdence interval, 2.7-24.9; P<0.01), and vasoactive medications (odds ratio, 5.7;95% confdence interval, 1.2-26.1; P=0.03) was independently associated with death/transplantation. Conclusions: There is significant temporal and regional variation in the diagnostic modalities and management used for pediatric myocarditis, which continues to have high morbidity and mortality. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ventricular assist device, and vasoactive medications are independently associated with increased mortality/transplantation.
AB - Background: There is a lack of clear diagnostic and management guidelines for acute myocarditis in the pediatric population. We used a multi-institutional database to characterize demographics, practice variability, and outcomes in this population. Methods and Results: Patients with acute myocarditis (n=514) were identified from April 2006 to March 2011 using the Pediatric Health Information System database, and regional variations in management and outcomes were analyzed. Ninety-seven patients (18.9%) received extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, 22 (4.3%) received ventricular assist device, 21 (4.1%) received heart transplantation, and 37 (7.2%) died. Of the 104 patients who received extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or ventricular assist device, 17 (16.3%) had heart transplantation, 25 (24%) died, and 62 (59.6%) showed recovery of myocardial function. There was a decrease in the use of endomyocardial biopsy (P=0.03) and an increase in the use of magnetic resonance imaging (P<0.01) over the study period. Although the use of medications and procedures varied between different regions, the occurrence of death or heart transplantation showed no significant regional associations. The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (odds ratio, 5.8;95% confdence interval, 2.9-11.4; P<0.01), ventricular assist device (odds ratio, 8.2;95% confdence interval, 2.7-24.9; P<0.01), and vasoactive medications (odds ratio, 5.7;95% confdence interval, 1.2-26.1; P=0.03) was independently associated with death/transplantation. Conclusions: There is significant temporal and regional variation in the diagnostic modalities and management used for pediatric myocarditis, which continues to have high morbidity and mortality. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ventricular assist device, and vasoactive medications are independently associated with increased mortality/transplantation.
KW - Myocarditis
KW - Outcome
KW - Pediatrics
KW - Regional variation
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U2 - 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.112.965749
DO - 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.112.965749
M3 - Article
C2 - 22828827
AN - SCOPUS:84868657286
SN - 1941-7713
VL - 5
SP - 622
EP - 627
JO - Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
JF - Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
IS - 5
ER -