Objectives: Treatment objectives in inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMi),
myocarditis (M) and peri (myo) carditis are 1) the elimination of inflammatory cells from the …

Background—Myocarditis can occasionally lead to sudden death and may progress to
dilated cardiomyopathy in up to 10% of patients. Because the initial onset is difficult to …

Inflammation is an important component in the pathogenesis of many common
cardiovascular diseases. In most cases, the role of inflammation is a natural response to …

Objectives: We studied the outcomes of pediatric patients diagnosed with dilated
cardiomyopathy (DCM) and their relation to epidemiologic and echocardiographic variables …

Objectives: We assessed the significance of serum cytokine levels in patients with fulminant
myocarditis. Background: Although many investigations have demonstrated the crucial role …

Background. Autopsy studies report a frequency of myocarditis ranging from 0.11 to 5.5% in
the general population, reaching almost 50% in selected groups. Myocarditis is often …

Coxsackievirus group B type 3 (CVB3) is an important cause of viral myocarditis. The
infiltration of mononuclear cells into the myocardial tissue is one of the key events in viral …

Background A fulminant course can be difficult to predict at the onset of acute myocarditis, so
the aim of the present study was to identify the predictive clinical symptoms/signs or …

病毒性心肌炎(virus myocarditis, VMC) 是指病毒感染心肌后, 对心肌细胞产生直接损伤和(或)
通过自身免疫反应引起心肌细胞坏死, 变性和间质炎性细胞及纤维素渗出的过程 …

Objective: Fulminant myocarditis (FM) is uncommon and may be followed by a rapidly
intractable cardiogenic shock. We report five consecutive patients with FM successfully …