In October of 2018, The Austry Family, who lost a son to Viral Myocarditis in 2010, planted a Monarch Butterfly Station in Fort Worth, Texas. Butterflies, are considered symbols of…
Many of you have been looking for answers on COVID related Myocarditis There are studies being done now, about COVID Myocarditis and/or COVID Vaccine related Myocarditis. Helix is conducting one such study. If you…
Dr. Tahir Kafil, is one of the Myocarditis Foundation’s Fellowship Grant Recipients from December, 2021. He worked with Dr. Peter Liu, at the Ottawa Heart Institute, in Canada and has…
After treatment, many patients live long, full lives free from the effects of myocarditis. For others, however, ongoing cardiovascular medication or even a heart transplant may be needed. Overall, dilated…
Dr. Dor Lotan is an Assistant Professor of Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Transplant Cardiologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NYC. Recently, he has been…
As we have said in the past, information on COVID-19 vaccines remains a very fluid situation. As time goes on, more and more is learned about the vaccines and any…
On a rainy March day in Baltimore, 100 cardiovascular pathologists and cardiologists, from around the world, met in person or virtually to discuss myocarditis. The event was the culmination of…
Dr. Leslie Cooper recently had a paper published in “Circulation”, an American Heart Association Journal, on “Myocarditis: Entering the Mainstream”. Read about the first description of myocarditis in 1837, to the…
In 1986, a group of 8 cardiac pathologists (who were known as the Dallas Panel), made an attempt to establish uniform criteria for the diagnosis of myocarditis in heart biopsy…
As Rare Disease Day approaches on February 29th, it’s a moment for reflection, awareness, and most importantly, unity. In the vast landscape of medical conditions, some are so rare that…
