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Myocarditis

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Editors-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Homa Najafi, M.D.[2]Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S.; Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [3]; Maliha Shakil, M.D. [4]

Synonyms and keywords: Inflammatory cardiomyopathy; Idiopathic myocarditis; Viral cardiomyopathy; inflammation of the heart muscle; myocardium inflammation; bacterial myocarditis; viral myocarditis; fungal myocarditis; spirochaetal myocarditis; protozoal myocarditis; parasitic myocarditis; rickettsial myocarditis; autoimmune myocarditis; immune-mediated myocarditis; allergen-mediated myocarditis; alloantigen-mediated myocarditis; autoantigen-mediated myocarditis; toxic myocarditis; dug-mediated myocarditis; drug-related myocarditis; acute myocarditis; chronic myocarditis; sarcoidosis-related myocarditis; giant cell myocarditis; autoreactive myocarditis; healed myocarditis; pediatric myocarditis; myocarditis in children; children myocarditis; pediatric inflammatory cardiomyopathy; pediatric inflammation of heart muscle; Inflammatory cardiomyopathy in children; inflammation of the heart muscle in children; Postviral autoimmune-related myocarditis; Infectious myocarditis; hypersensitivity myocarditis; fulminant myocarditis, eosinophilic myocarditis

Diagnosis

History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | Electrocardiogram | Endomyocardial Biopsy | Chest X Ray | MRI | Echocardiography | Other Imaging Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies

Treatment

Medical Therapy | Surgery | Primary Prevention | Secondary Prevention | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Future or Investigational Therapies

Case Studies

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