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> However, in the literature the overall mortality rate for myocarditis after one year is 20% and after five years 44% to 56%. I haven't looked in to this but
by krona 5y ago
> However, in the literature the overall mortality rate for myocarditis after one year is 20% and after five years 44% to 56%.
I haven't looked in to this but if this is correct it's orders of magnitude larger than what my intuition after all the discussion of myocarditis had led me to believe.
Hopefully there's a confounding factor such as old age and other comorbidities I'm missing.
- ArchieMaclean 5y agoIt's because the paper they are referencing is testing the use of immunosuppressive therapy to treat myocarditis. The conclusion that was reached was that it doesn't work. Needless to say, that's not how myocarditis is treated in hospitals.