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26-02-2024 | Myocarditis | IM - COMMENTARY
Exploring IL-1 inhibition in chronic refractory idiopathic myocarditis: emerging insights and perspectives
Authors:
Maddalena Alessandra Wu, Emanuele Bizzi, Antonio Brucato
Published in:
Internal and Emergency Medicine
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Issue 2/2024
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Excerpt
Recent translational research has demonstrated that inflammasome activation and inhibition play a crucial role across a wide spectrum of cardiovascular diseases. These include acute and recurrent pericarditis, myocarditis, acute myocardial infarction, inflammatory cardiomyopathies, as well as heart failure, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and venous thromboembolism [
1]. Remarkably, this has emerged as a sort of “common final pathway,” shared by conditions with different etiologies and triggers, capable of significantly impacting acute and long-term outcomes. …