Viral infections are a leading cause of myocarditis and pericarditis worldwide, conditions that
frequently coexist. Myocarditis and pericarditis were some of the early comorbidities …

Inflammatory cardiomyopathy, characterized by inflammatory cell infiltration into the
myocardium and a high risk of deteriorating cardiac function, has a heterogeneous …

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

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) induces myocardial injury,
either direct myocarditis or indirect injury due to systemic inflammatory response. Myocardial …

Myocarditis represents the entity of an inflamed myocardium and is a diagnostic challenge
caused by its heterogeneous presentation. Contemporary noninvasive evaluation of patients …

In 2009, the “Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis (JCS 2009)” were issued
by the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS). 1 Although this guideline has been widely used …

The COVID-19–related pandemic has resulted in profound health, financial, and societal
impacts. Organized sporting events, from recreational to the Olympic level, have been …

Presentation of myocarditis in athletes is heterogeneous and establishing the diagnosis is
challenging with no current uniform clinical gold standard. The combined information from …

Myocarditis is defined as an inflammatory infiltration of the myocardium with associated
necrosis and/or degeneration, frequently resulting from different infectious or non-infectious …

Background Inflammatory cardiomyopathy is one of the most common causes of sudden
cardiac death in young adults. Diagnosis of inflammatory cardiomyopathy remains …