Summary: Myocarditis is a common cause of dilated cardiomyopathy. The most common causes of infectious myocarditis are viruses. The exact mechanism of coxsackievirus B-induced damage to myocytes ...

By this stage the differential diagnosis had shifted from myocardial infarction towards myocarditis or end-stage idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. During inter-hospital transfer, the patient ...

Aim In the clinical setting of acute myocarditis, existing guidelines recommend refraining from moderate-intensity to ...

The new American College of Cardiology expert consensus includes a four-part staging system with a segment for “asymptomatic” disease and a five-step care pathway.

Giant cell myocarditis is a life-threatening form of dilated cardiomyopathy which presents as sudden-onset acute systolic heart failure commonly with refractory ventricular tachycardia in young ...

The role of infectious agents in cases of ARVD/C has been proposed due to the common finding of inflammatory infiltrates in the myocardium, suggesting that ARVD/C is a sequela of myocarditis (like ...

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC ... Additionally, research has shown that patients with acute myocarditis who carry desmosomal gene variants are at a significantly higher ...

Background Subepicardial delayed gadolinium enhancement (DGE) patches without underlying cardiomyopathy is poorly understood. It is often reported as the result of prior silent myocarditis. Its ...