Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart that may occur because of infections,
immune system activation, or exposure to drugs. The diagnosis of myocarditis has changed …

Fulminant myocarditis (FM) is an uncommon syndrome characterized by sudden and severe
diffuse cardiac inflammation often leading to death resulting from cardiogenic shock …

Reverse left ventricular (LV) remodeling and recovery of LV function are associated with
improved clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. A …

Cardiogenic shock is a high-acuity, potentially complex, and hemodynamically diverse state
of end-organ hypoperfusion that is frequently associated with multisystem organ failure …

The recommendations listed in this clinical practice guideline are, whenever possible,
evidence-based. An initial extensive evidence review, which included literature derived from …

The present document has been conceived as the European update to the American
College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/ESC 2006 Guidelines for …

Dilated cardiomyopathy is defined by the presence of left ventricular dilatation and
contractile dysfunction. Genetic mutations involving genes that encode cytoskeletal …

A unique and highly versatile technique, stress echocardiography (SE) is increasingly
recognized for its utility in the evaluation of non-ischaemic heart disease. SE allows for …

Background: There is controversy about the outcome of patients with acute myocarditis (AM),
and data are lacking on how patients admitted with suspected AM are managed. We report …

Myocarditis is generally a mild and self-limited consequence of systemic infection of
cardiotropic viruses. However, patients can develop a temporary or permanent impairment …