Review proposes pragmatic framework for pediatric heart failure management addressing myocarditis and MIS-C.
Why Heart Failure in Kids Needs a Whole New Approach
This review addresses pediatric heart failure, myocarditis, and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. The study design and sample s…
Treating heart failure in children may require a completely different playbook than for adults.
Systematic review identifies shared immune mechanisms and therapeutic targets across cardiovascular inflammatory diseases
Could one immune problem be driving three different heart conditions?
A systematic review examined shared immunological mechanisms across atherosclerosis, myocarditis, and vasculitis. It identified CXCR4, PYCAR…
Three different heart diseases might share one immune trigger, suggesting new ways to treat plaque buildup, heart muscle inflammation, and b…
ACIP concludes benefits of mRNA COVID-19 vaccination outweigh myocarditis risks
Health panel says COVID-19 vaccine benefits outweigh rare myocarditis risk
An advisory committee review of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in the US, following reports of myocarditis, concluded vaccination benefits outweigh …
A U.S. health panel concludes that COVID-19 vaccine benefits outweigh the rare risk of heart inflammation in people who get vaccinated.
Tofacitinib used in single case of steroid-refractory multi-organ immune-related adverse events
Single case shows tofacitinib may help with severe immune side effects from cancer immunotherapy
A case report describes a 75-year-old female with colon cancer who developed steroid-refractory immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated myoca…
A single case shows tofacitinib helped a cancer patient recover from severe heart inflammation that steroids could not fix, though infection…