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Swiss Medical Weekly, 2014 The term myocarditis describes inflammatory disorders of the heart muscle of varied infectious and non-infectious origins. It can be caused by any kind of infection, drugs, toxic substances, or be associated with autoimmune conditions.
Uwe Kühl, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss
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Yale J Biol MedViral myocarditis is associated with the development of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), left ventricular dysfunction, and heart failure. This review addresses the mechanisms of viral myocarditis and its treatment.
Ying C.
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Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 2020 In recent years, more young patients are being admitted to hospitals with the diagnosis of heart failure secondary to myocarditis; many of these patients will progress to needing a heart transplant. Research shows that heart failure is increasing in prevalence and incidence and is expected to have 46% increases in prevalence by 2030, with hypertension,
Oksana, Narovlyanskaya +1 more
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Science Signaling, 2000 Viral myocarditis exhibits different clinical phenotypes depending on the age of the patient. In pediatric patients, viral myocarditis can present as acute heart failure and cardiogenic shock, and in older patients, it often presents as chronic, slowly progressive heart failure and dilated cardiomyopathy. The severity of viral myocarditis is determined
Peter P. Liu, M. Anne Opavsky
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Advances in cell death mechanisms involved in viral myocarditis
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Viral myocarditis is an acute inflammatory disease of the myocardium. Although many etiopathogenic factors exist, coxsackievirus B3 is a the leading cause of viral myocarditis.
Yang Yang +6 more
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Melatonin Ameliorates Coxsackievirus B3-Induced Myocarditis by Regulating Apoptosis and Autophagy
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018 Current therapeutics options for viral myocarditis are unsatisfactory. Melatonin (MLT), a hormone secreted by the pineal gland and other organs, has protective effects on ischemic heart injury.
Yimiao Sang +13 more
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European Heart Journal, 2008 Acute myocarditis is one of the most challenging diagnosis in cardiology. At present, no diagnostic gold standard is generally accepted, due to the insensitivity of traditional diagnostic tests. This leads to the need for new diagnostic approaches, which resulted in the emergence of new molecular tests and a more detailed immunohistochemical analysis ...
Dennert, Robert +2 more
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Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 2016 Purpose of review The article traces the pathways leading from viral infection of the heart by coxsackievirus B3 to autoimmune myocarditis in its various manifestations. Recent findings Myocarditis can be induced by a number of different infectious agents and represents a ...
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Cardiac MRI in post COVID acute myocarditis: A case report
IDCases, 2022 Myocarditis is an acute or chronic inflammatory reaction of the heart muscle frequently associated with viral infections and post-viral immune-mediated responses.
Nirmal Prasad Neupane +4 more
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Myocarditis: Pathologist's perspective
Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2015 Myocarditis is a challenging diagnosis for both clinician and pathologist due to the extreme diversity of clinical presentation and low sensitivity of detection of myocarditis in the endomyocardial samples. The exact incidence of myocarditis is still not
Sudheer Arava +4 more
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