Insights Into the Natural History of Recurrent Myocarditis, A Multicenter International Study (Re‐Myo Study)
Chiara Baggio, Antonio Cannata, Alessio Gasperetti, Enrico Ammirati, Piero Gentile, Giovanni Peretto, Giulio Savonitto, Annagrazia Cecere, Valentino Collini, Maurits Sikking, Raffaella Mistrulli, Erika Pagannone, Valentina A Rossi, Dörthe Schmidt, Paolo Compagnucci, Michela Casella, Jessica Artico, · 2026
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Description
Chiara Baggio and colleagues led an international study in 2026 on repeat heart inflammation. The condition is called recurrent myocarditis. How these patients fare over time was poorly known. The team gathered patients with a proven second episode. They compared them with a larger group who had one episode only. Heart scans, history, and later outcomes were all tracked. The main outcome mixed death, transplant, and dangerous heart rhythms.
Repeat patients more often had a family history of heart muscle disease. Their scans showed wider areas of heart scarring. Scarring also grew between the first and second episodes. Over roughly three years of follow-up, repeat patients fared worse. Their risk of dangerous rhythms was clearly higher, even after adjustments. Family history, autoimmune disease, and a ring-like scar pattern predicted recurrence. The authors treat recurrence as a distinct, higher-risk condition.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Chiara Baggio, Antonio Cannata, Alessio Gasperetti, Enrico Ammirati, Piero Gentile, Giovanni Peretto, Giulio Savonitto, Annagrazia Cecere, Valentino Collini, Maurits Sikking, Raffaella Mistrulli, Erika Pagannone, Valentina A Rossi, Dörthe Schmidt, Paolo Compagnucci, Michela Casella, Jessica Artico, |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |