AIMS: Experimental autoimmune myocarditis (EAM) is a widely used murine model, in which
cellular myocardial infiltration resembles human viral myocarditis. Although myocarditis can …

Myocarditis is an inflammation of the myocardium, but only~ 10% of those affected show
clinical manifestations of the disease. To study the immune events of myocardial injuries …

Background Experimental autoimmune myocarditis (EAM) is a common animal model for the
investigation of the pathophysiology of myocarditis. Because of diverging findings from …

Aims The aim of this study was to assess the use of a 3 T clinical cardiac magnetic
resonance (CMR) scanner to detect injury to the heart in experimental autoimmune …

Background—Cardiac tests for diagnosing myocarditis lack sensitivity or specificity. We
hypothesized that contrast-enhanced ultrasound molecular imaging could detect myocardial …

Serial technetium-99m radionuclide ventriculograms, indium-111 antimyosin antibody scans
and tissue biodistribution studies were performed in C, H/He mice with experimentally …

Inflammation has been increasingly recognized as an important pathological component of
heart failure. Existing methods of assessing myocardial infiltrate are labor-intensive and …

Background Myocarditis can lead to myocyte loss and myocardial fibrosis resulting in dilated
cardiomyopathy (DCMP). Currently employed methods for assessing the risk for …

Abstract Background/Introduction Inflammation of cardiac tissue, termed myocarditis, is a
common cause of dilated cardiomyopathy associated with abnormal tissue remodeling …

Background. Infection with Coxsackievirus B3 induces myocarditis. We aimed to compare
the acute and chronic phases of viral myocarditis to identify the immediate effects of cardiac …