Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Management of acute myocarditis: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines and recommendations
Authors' conclusion
Recommendations for management of AM in the guidelines have largely been developed from expert opinion rather than trial data.
Study context
- Population
- Guidelines by national and international medical organisations on management of acute myocarditis (AM), published 1 January 2013 to 12 April 2024
- Participants
- 3 guidelines
- Outcome
- Rigour of development and agreement of recommendations
Methodological detailsMEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane and organisation websites searched; 2 reviewers screened, 2 assessed rigour, 1 extracted recommendations
- MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane and organisation websites searched; 2 reviewers screened, 2 assessed rigour, 1 extracted recommendations
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Guidelines with good rigour of development
2 of 3
Original publication
Management of acute myocarditis: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines and recommendations. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. Published 23 August 2024. doi:10.
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it