Fulminant myocarditis (FM) is characterized by a rapid progressive decline in cardiac
function and a high mortality rate. Since the first report of FM patients in the 1980s, several …

Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of
an ongoing pandemic, with increasing deaths worldwide. To date, documentation of the …

Myocarditis is defined as an inflammatory myocardial disease diagnosed by a combination
of histologic, immunologic, and immunohistochemical criteria. 1 More simply, it is known as …

Background: Influenza may contribute to the burden of acute cardiovascular events during
annual influenza epidemics. Objective: To examine acute cardiovascular events and …

Abstract Purpose of Review Over the last decade, myocarditis has been increasingly
recognized as common cause of sudden cardiac death in young adults and heart failure …

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 …

Adenoviruses are responsible for a spectrum of pathogenesis including viral myocarditis.
The gap junction protein connexin43 (Cx43, gene name GJA1) facilitates rapid propagation …

Background Seasonal influenza is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide
and cardiac injuries are dangerous complications of influenza infection. Cardiac troponins …

In the present paper, we will discuss the main cardiomyopathies affecting children with a
specific focus on risk stratification and prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD). We will …

A clustering of pneumonia was first recorded in Wuhan, Hubei, China in December 2019. 1
A coronavirus has been established as the pathogen responsible for the disease, and has …