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. 2020 Dec 8;142(23):2282-2284.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.050147. Epub 2020 Oct 28.

Addition of Corticosteroids to Immunoglobulins Is Associated With Recovery of Cardiac Function in Multi-Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

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Addition of Corticosteroids to Immunoglobulins Is Associated With Recovery of Cardiac Function in Multi-Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

Zahra Belhadjer et al. Circulation. .
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Keywords: heart failure; immunoglobulins, intravenous; pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease, COVID-19 related; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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Kaplan-Meier recovery curves, along with the 95% confidence interval for patients who received intravenous immunoglobulin and steroid treatment (dashed line) versus those who were treated with intravenous immunoglobulin only (full line). A, LVEF recovery. (Only 29 of 40 patients who had LVEF<55% at admission were included in this analysis.) B, IVRT recovery. (IVRT was measured at admission in 30 of 40 patients who all had sequential evaluations.) IVRT indicates isovolumic relaxation time; and LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction.

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