Figure 1.

Distribution in frequency of treatment with oral steroids in non-responders and responders, according to kind of myocarditis. It should be noted that among subjects with active myocarditis, these was a greater frequency in oral steroid treatment. Regarding analysis of the treatment used with relation to the kind of myocarditis, significant difference was only found for the use of oral steroids in subjects with active myocarditis, being higher in the responders (*P=0.02, Pearson Chi square).