Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis: Pathophysiological Characteristics, Diagnosis, and Treatment.

J Am Heart Assoc 2020 Jan 21

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For patients on immune checkpoint inhibitors presenting with chest pain, dyspnea, fatigue, and troponin elevation, would you recommend early initiation of high dose steroids for empiric treatment of ICI myocarditis while pursuing workup with coronary angiogram, echocardiogram, and/or cardiac MRI, or wait until alternative etiologies have been ruled out?

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Do you use tocilizumab? Or only if steroids fail? I ask because tocilizumab has anti-cancer properties and can promote IL-12 - which enhances immune-mediated cancer effect, w...

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