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Myocarditis historical perspective

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maliha Shakil, M.D. [2]

Overview

Cases of myocarditis have been documented as early as the 1600’s. The term myocarditis was introduced by German physician Joseph Friedrich Sobernheim in 1837.[1] The Dallas criteria was published in 1986 as a guideline for classification of myocarditis.[2]

Historical Perspective

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Myocarditis. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myocarditis Accessed on September 30, 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 Magnani JW, Dec GW (2006). “Myocarditis: current trends in diagnosis and treatment”. Circulation. 113 (6): 876–90. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.584532. PMID 16476862. Unknown parameter |http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom= ignored (help)


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