Myocarditis remains a significant and challenging diagnosis in pediatrics, and is one of the most common identifiable causes of dilated cardiomyopathy in children. Viral infections remain the most frequent underlying cause…
Dr. Akira Matsumori, one of our esteemed myocarditis researchers on the Myocarditis Foundation’s Medical Advisory Board, recently wrote a paper on “Myocarditis and Autoimmunity”. This was printed in the Volume…
Podcast with Dr. Bettina Heidecker, on a paper she wrote with Dr. Leslie Cooper on: Diagnosis, Risk Stratification and Management of Myocarditis Myocarditis affects 1.8 million people globally a year.…
In the past decade there has been a growing interest in understanding sex and gender differences in myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and the purpose of this review is to…
Dr. Bettina Heidecker, Head of Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy at the Charite Hospital, Berlin University of Medicine, Germany, gave the Cardiology Grand Rounds on March 29, 2023 at the University…
As a rare disease, information about myocarditis has often been scarce – even among healthcare professionals. The Myocarditis Foundation is committed to providing the facts about this condition, which affects…
Myocarditis is a condition in which the heart muscle becomes inflamed as a result of the body’s immune response often to a virus infection. Myocarditis usually resolves within a few…
While myocarditis is a rare condition, it can affect patients of all ages and backgrounds. Myocarditis is an inflammatory condition of the heart, frequently caused by a viral infection. After…
Although myocarditis affects thousands of adults and children nationwide each year, it is a relatively rare disease. As such, doctors are not yet aware of medical treatments or lifestyle habits…
Acute myocarditis is often due to a viral infection. After the virus is cleared most people recover; however, myocarditis can evolve over months into cardiomyopathy which results from the scar…
