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Table 4 Steroid treatment before and after potential reclassification

From: Clinicopathological classification of immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated myocarditis: possible refinement by measuring macrophage abundance

 

Initial Clinical Diagnosis

Potential Reclassified Diagnosis

Steroid

Possible (n = 8)

Probable

(n = 13)

Definite

(n = 5)

Possible

(n = 6)

Probable

(n = 9)

Definite

(n = 11)

High

3 (38)

8 (62)

3 (60)

2 (33)

5 (56)

7 (64)

Other

1 (12)

3 (23)

1 (20)

1 (17)

3 (33)

1 (9)

None

4 (50)

2 (15)

1 (20)

3 (50)

1 (11)

3 (27)

  1. Values are expressed as n (%). High dose steroids are defined as the equivalent of intravenous methylprednisolone of 1 gm or higher and Other steroids are defined as less than 1 gm