Two cases of acute myocarditis in young men, both with clinical and laboratory criteria indicating poor prognosis, were initially treated with conventional treatment (captopril plus metoprolol). The addition of intravenous immunoglobulin was followed by rapid clinical and laboratory recovery. This observation is considered to support previous but ambiguous evidence that autoimmune treatment may help recovery from acute myocarditis that has evidence of poor prognosis.
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