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What’s new in myocarditis?

Author(s) -

CharlesÉdouard Luyt,

Guillaume Hékimian,

Fredric Ginsberg

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

intensive care medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.658

H-Index - 197

eISSN - 1432-1238

pISSN - 0342-4642

DOI - 10.1007/s00134-015-4017-5

Subject(s) - pain medicine , medicine , anesthesiology , myocarditis , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , cardiology , anesthesia

International audienceMyocarditis is an illness characterized by myocardial infiltration with inflammatory cells and non-ischemic myocyte necrosis. Typical histological finding is lymphocytic infiltration, but other forms involving eosinophilic or giant-cell inflammation exist. Coronary vasculitis is another pathogenic mechanism in some instances. The leading causes are infectious diseases, most commonly viral; immune-mediated injury (triggered by viral infection, allogenic agents such as drugs or associated with autoimmune disease); and toxins.[...

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