Examples of myocarditis in the following topics:
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- Myocarditis: Here the muscle bulk of the heart gets inflamed.
- Histopathological image of myocarditis at autopsy in a patient with acute onset of congestive heart failure
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- Two common cardiovascular diseases caused by infection with microorganisms are endocarditis and myocarditis.
- Myocarditis or inflammatory cardiomyopathy is inflammation of heart muscle (myocardium) and it is most often due to infection by common viruses, such as parvovirus B19.
- The consequences of myocarditis thus also vary widely.
- As most viral infections cannot be treated with directed therapy, symptomatic treatment is the only form of therapy for those forms of myocarditis.
- Compare and contrast the causes associated with: endocarditis, myocarditis, bacteremia, vasculitis and lymphatic disease
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- Less common consequences include myocarditis (about 20% of cases) and peripheral neuropathy (about 10% of cases).