Footnotes

• Contributors All authors have contributed to writing and revising this manuscript.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests BH is an inventor on patents that use RNA for the diagnosis of myocarditis.

• Patient and public involvement Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

• Author note References which include a * are considered to be key references.