About Myocarditis
About Myocarditis
Myocarditis is classified as a rare disease but is estimated to affect thousands of adults and children in the U.S. and around the world each year.
About Giant Cell Myocarditis
About Giant Cell Myocarditis
If you ask the average person to define giant cell myocarditis, there’s a good chance they’ll be unable to. The same goes for a majority of physicians.
About Pericarditis
About Pericarditis
Pericarditis is a condition that affects the pericardium, a thin membrane that surrounds your heart. When pericarditis develops…
Toward a Cure
Research
Awareness
Family Support
Virus Hijacks
What Happens When a Virus Hijacks Your Heart?
calendar
Upcoming Events
Maria’s Story
Real Life Story
I was diagnosed with Myocarditis when I was 11 years old. Here is my story…
One day I started feeling really ill. I wasn’t able to keep any food in and I was very weak, I was having difficulty breathing, my heart was racing, and my whole body was aching.
I was lying in bed for couple of days thinking it’s just a virus and it would pass, but it wasn’t going away. My mom decided to take me to the hospital. I struggled badly while getting there – I was so weak I could barely even walk.
I had a lot of tests done. My internal organs were double in size and painful to touch. The doctors thought that I had been infected by a virus. My skin started to turn yellow, and all my blood results were very abnormal. None of the doctors knew what was wrong with me. They finally did a chest Xray which showed the problem.
Latest
Blog
Dr. Leslie T. Cooper, Jr Speaks on Sarcoidosis
Dr. Leslie T. Cooper, Jr. presented a talk on “Sarcoidosis” at the first Mayo-Hadassah Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Symposium in Israel of March 2023. He outlines the Epidemiology and Clinical…
Comparison of Myocarditis following SARS-CoV2 mRNA Vaccination and Viral Infection
Comparison of Myocarditis following SARS-CoV2 mRNA Vaccination and Viral Infection Dr. Leslie T. Cooper, Jr. presented a talk on the “Comparison of Myocarditis following SARS-CoV2 mRNA Vaccination and Viral Infections”…
Myocarditis Foundation is Pleased to Announce the 2022 Fellowship Research Grant Award
The Myocarditis Foundation is proud to announce that Dr. Jennifer Myers, PhD, of the University of Oklahoma has been awarded our 2022 Fellowship Grant Recipient for the 2023-2024 Academic Year!…