Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use in acute myopericarditis : 12-month clinical follow-up

Objective: Clinical data on the effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in myopericarditis are limited. Since NSAIDs are standard therapy in pericarditis, we retrospectively investigated their safety in myopericarditis.

Methods: In a retrospective case-control study, we identified 60 patients with myopericarditis from September 2010 to August 2017. Diagnosis was based on clinical criteria, elevated high-sensitivity troponin T and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). All patients received standard heart failure therapy if indicated. Twenty-nine patients (62%) received NSAIDs (acetylsalicylic acid: n=7, average daily dose =1300 mg or ibuprofen: n=22, average daily dose =1500 mg) for an average duration of 4 weeks. To create two cohorts with similar baseline conditions, 15 patients were excluded. Three months after diagnosis, 29 patients were re-evaluated by CMR to measure late gadolinium enhancement (LGE).

Results: Baseline characteristics of those treated with or without NSAIDs were similar. Mean age was 34 (±13) years, 6 (13%) were women. Mean left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was 56% (±5). 82 % of the patients (14 of 17) treated with NSAIDs experienced a decrease in LGE at 3 months, while it was only 58 % (7 of 12) of those without NSAIDs (p=0.15). At 12-month follow-up, one of the patients treated without NSAIDs experienced polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) with cardiac arrest, while one of the patients with NSAIDs experienced non-sustained VT.

Conclusions: This is the first case-control study demonstrating that NSAIDs are safe in patients with myopericarditis and preserved LVEF. Our data suggest that this drug class should be tested prospectively in a large randomised clinical trial.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Open heart - 6(2019), 1 vom: 15., Seite e000990

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Berg, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Lovrinovic, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Baltensperger, Nora [VerfasserIn]
Kissel, Christine K [VerfasserIn]
Kottwitz, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Manka, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Patriki, Dimitri [VerfasserIn]
Scherff, Frank [VerfasserIn]
Schmied, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Landmesser, Ulf [VerfasserIn]
Lüscher, Thomas F [VerfasserIn]
Heidecker, Bettina [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Late gadolinium enhancement
Magnetic resonance imaging
Myocardial inflammation
Myocarditis
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Revised 12.01.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/openhrt-2018-000990

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM297856715