Authors: A. Uhrinová; M. Kováčová; P. Gavornik Authors‘ workplace: Prednosta: prof. MUDr. Andrej Dukát, CSc., FESC ; II. Interná klinika LFUK a FNsP Bratislava, Slovensko Published in: Prakt. Lék. 2010; 90(4): 218-221 Category: Various Specialization
Myocarditis is defined clinically as inflammation of the heart muscle. The consequences of myocarditis vary widely. It can cause a mild disease without any symptoms that resolves itself, or it may cause chest pain, heart failure, or sudden death. Clinical diagnosis is one of the greatest problems of contemporary cardiology. Reliable, accurate diagnostic tests able to exclude or confirm diagnosis are not yet available. Most often, myocarditis results from common viral infections, less commonly, specific forms of myocarditis may result from other pathogens, toxic or hypersensitivity drug reactions, giant-cell myocarditis, or sarcoidosis. The prognosis and treatment of myocarditis vary according to the cause, clinical features and haemodynamic stability.
Key words: myocarditis, aetiology, diagnostics, treatment, prognosis.
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