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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiol Young. 2013 Sep 9;24(5):840–847. doi: 10.1017/S1047951113001145

Table 3.

Outcomes in myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) groups

Outcomes Myocarditis (n=45) DCM (n=45) p value

Death 2 (4%) 7 (16%) 0.16

Any thrombotic event (pre-MCS) 2 (4%) 3 (7%) 1.00
 Intracardiac thrombus 1 (2%) 2 (4%)
 Renal infarction 1 (2%) 0 (0%)
 Splenic/hepatic infarction 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Distal extremity infarction 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Thromboembolic stroke 1 (2%) 1 (2%)

DCM=dilated cardiomyopathy; MCS=mechanical circulatory support