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Table 4 Other echocardiography findings

From: Epidemiology and prognosis of pediatric acute myocarditis: a 5-year retrospective study in Shiraz, South of Iran running title: pediatric acute myocarditis in Iran

Echocardiography findings

N (%)

LV systolic dysfunction

24 (20.5)

Severe LV dysfunction

7 (5.9)

RV systolic dysfunction

7 (6)

Severe RV dysfunction

6 (5.1)

LVH

15 (12.8)

RVH

9 (7.7)

ASD

2 (1.7)

PFO

7 (6)

IVC dilation

16 (13.6)

Pericardial effusion

4 (3.41)

IVC collapsibility

2 (1.7)

Paradoxical septal motion

7 (6)

Depp recess

2 (1.7)

LV intracavitary thrombus

2 (1.7)

PDA

2 (1.7)

Pleural effusion

13 (11.1)

  1. (LVH: left ventricular hypertrophy, RVH: right ventricular hypertrophy, ASD: atrial septal defect, VSD: ventricular septal defect, PFO: Patent foramen ovale, IVC: inferior vena cava, LV: left ventricle)