Abstract A 13-month-old boy presented with acute onset of complete atrioventricular block and wide complex tachycardia but normal hemodynamics. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Case Presentation: We present a case of a 59 year old male with tetanus of the generalized type with an unusual presenting complaint of heart failure, preceding the classic muscle spasms associated with tetanus infection. [herdin.ph]

Early recognition, instrumental diagnosis, and related specific treatment made this patient's course favorable. [the-medical-dictionary.com]

Endomyocardial biopsy was performed in order to establish or exclude a clear-cut relationship between cardiac dysfunction and clozapine, and was crucial to establish a correct diagnosis and appropriate treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

However, whether HSM at the time of HTx affects long-term prognosis, including acute cellular rejection (ACR) and antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), after HTx remains unclear. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

On the clinical side they discuss the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of nonspecific and specific myocarditis in separate chapters devoted to such major idiopathic clinical entities as cardiac sarcoidosis, giant cell myocarditis, eosinophilic myocarditis [books.google.com]

This review covers the clinical and pathological characteristics, prognosis, and histological differential diagnosis of HSM. [ci.nii.ac.jp]

Because this disease may be mild or may be extreme and cause serious arrhythmias, the prognosis varies. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Complications Congestive cardiac failure Pulmonary oedema Cardiogenic shock Dilated cardiomyopathy Dysrhythmias Recurrent myositis Prognosis The prognosis for patients with acute myocarditis can be very good but depends on clinical presentation, LVEF [patient.info]

Each chapter includes eight to ten gross and microscopic photographs with legends highlighting the pathologic features of the disease, as well as succinct text covering etiology, clinical aspects, and differential diagnosis. [books.google.com]

See also acute primary myocarditis, acute secondary myocarditis, acute septic myocarditis. myocarditis Cardiology Myocardial inflammation Etiology Idiopathic, viral, toxic Complications Dilated cardiomyopathy. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Antiviral therapy has not been shown to be helpful in the treatment of viral etiologies. Bacterial etiologies may be treated with antibiotics, but this has not been shown to be effective except possibly in the acute infectious phase. [merckmanuals.com]

Kounis syndrome is a hypersensitivity-induced coronary syndrome that shares nearly similar etiology, symptomatology, cardiac manifestations, and laboratory findings with two other hypersensitivity cardiac diseases including eosinophilic arteritis and [nursingcenter.com]

Table 1 reviews the various infectious and non-infectious etiologies of myocarditis. Pathophysiology The pathogenesis of myocarditis is poorly understood due to the complex nature of the disease and its various etiologies ( see Figure 2 ). [ahcmedia.com]

[…] eosinophilic and giant cell myocarditis (GCM) Terminology GCM has been termed idiopathic GCM, pernicious myocarditis, Fiedler myocarditis, acute idiopathic interstitial myocarditis, giant cell granulomatous myocarditis, and granulomatous myocarditis Epidemiology [pathologyoutlines.com]

Grist NR, Reid D (1993) Epidemiology of viral infections of the heart. In: Banatvala JE (ed) Viral infections of the heart. Arnold, London, pp 23–31 Google Scholar 13. [link.springer.com]

Epidemiology The exact incidence of myocarditis is unknown. One study suggested that myocarditis is the cause of sudden cardiac death in 8.6% of cases and is identified in up to 9% of routine post-mortem examinations [ 1 ]. [patient.info]

[…] catecholamine-induced injury and reperfusion injury) Pathologic classification is complicated, however, because tissue biopsies often are not obtained, and a presumptive clinical diagnosis must sometimes be confirmed by means of indirect methods such as serology. [1] Epidemiology [emedicine.medscape.com]

Epidemiological context This case was the only one found in a series of 1141 autopsies performed during one year (2011) in a Medico-Legal Institution that serves a territorial area of 29.206 Km 2 with a population of 2.595.540 inhabitants. [omicsonline.org]

This entity can also complicate Churg-Strauss syndrome and seems to share the same pathophysiology with type I variant of Kounis syndrome. [nursingcenter.com]

[…] myocarditis, Fiedler myocarditis, acute idiopathic interstitial myocarditis, giant cell granulomatous myocarditis, and granulomatous myocarditis Epidemiology Incidence difficult to determine as most cases are believed to be subclinical or underdiagnosed Pathophysiology [pathologyoutlines.com]

The suggested pathophysiological mechanisms need to be further evaluated and verified on a large cohort of patients. [journals.plos.org]

The pathophysiology of myocarditis remains a subject of research. [merckmanuals.com]

In this review article we present two cases of eosinophilic myocarditis and outline the current scientific literature on this topic including its pathophysiology, diagnosis, and recommended therapy. [bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com]

Prevention Although myocarditis is an unpredictable disease, the following measures may help prevent its onset. Individuals should: Take extra measures to avoid infections, and obtain appropriate treatment for infections. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Página 487 - Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis: recommendations for vaccine use and other preventive measures. Recommendations of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP). ‎ [books.google.es]

Despite causality assessment being difficult, prompt therapy must be given as soon as possible to prevent fatal outcomes. Delayed corticosteroid treatment, which is necessary regardless of the underlying cause, can result in heart failure and death. [link.springer.com]

Survival after heart transplantation is not impaired, and postoperative steroid therapy may prevent EM. [journals.lww.com]

[…] and Atkins KA described that in developed countries infectious causes of heart muscle inflammation are uncommon in immunocompetent individuals. [3] Patients with Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( AIDS ), transplant associated immunosupression to prevent [ispub.com]