Myocarditis: an interleukin-1-mediated disease?

G De Luca, G Cavalli, C Campochiaro… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Myocarditis is defined by WHO as an inflammatory disease affecting the myocardium,
diagnosed by endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) using established histological, immunological …

Definition of Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy (Myocarditis): On the Way to Consensus A Status Report: A Status Report

B Maisch, I Portig, A Ristic, G Hufnagel, S Pankuweit - Herz, 2000 - Springer
This article reviews the current state of consensus reached for the diagnosis of myocarditis
and dilated cardiomyopathy on the basis of conventional histopathological and …

Myocarditis: infection versus autoimmunity

NR Rose - Journal of clinical immunology, 2009 - Springer
Introduction Myocarditis, which is the inflammation of the heart muscle, remains a vexing
therapeutic problem. Many cases are associated with viral infection, and appropriate …

Myocarditis: somethings old and something new

D Razzano, JT Fallon - Cardiovascular Pathology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract “Since the pathological conditions take place at the cellular level, viral myocarditis
and postinfectious autoimmunity can be suggested but not diagnosed clinically. All clinical …

The innate immune response in myocarditis

A Khawaja, DI Bromage - The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell …, 2021 - Elsevier
Acute myocarditis is an inflammatory condition of the heart characterised by cellular injury
and the influx of leucocytes, including neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages and …

Update on myocarditis and inflammatory cardiomyopathy: reemergence of endomyocardial biopsy

F Dominguez, U Kühl, B Pieske, P Garcia-Pavia… - Revista Española de …, 2016 - Elsevier
Myocarditis is defined as an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle and is an important
cause of acute heart failure, sudden death, and dilated cardiomyopathy. Viruses account for …

Immune-mediated and autoimmune myocarditis: clinical presentation, diagnosis and management

ALP Caforio, R Marcolongo, R Jahns, M Fu, SB Felix… - Heart failure …, 2013 - Springer
According to the current WHO classification of cardiomyopathies, myocarditis is an
inflammatory disease of the myocardium and is diagnosed by endomyocardial biopsy using …

[HTML][HTML] Myocarditis and inflammatory cardiomyopathy: current evidence and future directions

C Tschöpe, E Ammirati, B Bozkurt… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Inflammatory cardiomyopathy, characterized by inflammatory cell infiltration into the
myocardium and a high risk of deteriorating cardiac function, has a heterogeneous …

Clinical presentation and diagnosis of myocarditis

ALP Caforio, R Marcolongo, C Basso, S Iliceto - Heart, 2015 - heart.bmj.com
Myocarditis represents a challenging diagnosis, mainly because there is no pathognomonic
clinical presentation, and the disease may masquerade as a variety of non-inflammatory …

Cardio-immunology of myocarditis: focus on immune mechanisms and treatment options

B Maisch - Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Myocarditis and inflammatory cardiomyopathy are syndromes, not aetiological disease
entities. From animal models of cardiac inflammation we have detailed insight of the strain …